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this is exactly the sort of thing I was after! Many thanks John A.W.Lock ----- Original Message ----- From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 4:11 PM Subject: Re: Joan of Arc & the news from the Stews > The "law of God" Joan was breaking by crossdressing is Deuteronomy > 22:5---"A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a > man put on a woman's garment; for whoever does these things is an > abomination...." Rather oddly, this text is cited in the 816 Institutio > canonicorum Aquisgranensis, explaining why it is reprehensible for canons > to wear the monastic habit. > > Phyllis > > Phyllis G. Jestice > [log in to unmask] > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%