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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture [log in to unmask] wrote: >According to Bulteau's Monographie de la cathedrale de Chartres, vol. 1 (Chartres, 1887), pp. 185-86... >As for Anne of Austria, according to her notice in the cathedral necrology (hardly an unbiased source), after 23 years of sterility, she provided Louis XIII with an heir, quite specifically by her prayers to the Virgin made at Chartres, and after he was born, she made a pilgrimage of thanksgiving to Chartres, donating at that time a new reliquary for the head of St Anne. (Lepinois & Merlet, Cartulaire, vol. III, 1865, p. 26). thanks, Jim. sounds like a simple Chemisette was not enough to do the job, on the Royal level. and no mention of one in Bulteau, i assume? of course, ole Louie couldn't have been part of the problem, i suppose. you're probably right about the Chartres necrology just *maybe* taking a wee *bit* too much sole credit for the felicitous way things turned out. wonder what the necrologies of the other institutions she solicited and patronized have to say. btw, going through my totally junked-up bookroom, i recently came across my copies of the _Inventaires sommaires_ of the E-et-L departmental archives. i didn't look closely, but as i recall, there are *thousands* of laisse, full of post-medieval, pre-revolution documents. no telling *what's* in there --just reading the summaries (some of them quite detailed) would take more time than one would like to consider-- descriptions of the old St. Anne reliquary which was replaced, etc. most of that, presumably, would have been caught by Papa Lucien Merlet, the first serious archiviste to thoroughly go through the actual documents themselves --while writing the inventory from the 1860's to nearly the end of the century. a xerox could be made. thanks again, christopher ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html