>I recently read an exemplum on Robert of Courson wreaking havoc as only he
>could during his crusade legation by digging up bodies of recently buried
>usurers and demanding that they be buried in unhallowed ground. Of course,
>the gravediggers find black toads stuffing burning coins down the bloated
>corpse's throat and other such images perfect for terrifying usurers in
>one's audience.
Dear Jessalyn,
Could you point me to your source for this thrilling exemplum? I would like
to have it for my collection of punishments for usury and avarice (esp. the
kind of punishment for the usurer's 'avaritia insatiabilis', i.e. torturing
his nutritive/digestive organs).
Otfried
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