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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture thanks, Jim. i should have known that. or, worse, i should have remembered that i knew that (yet another Senior Moment --i HATE it when that happens). >At 663 pages, there aren't many "gaps" in it. no, but it probably doesn't contain many direct quotations from Adela or her contemporaries. nor many details about what color her bodice was that was ripped. nor what, exactly, was the "disability" which forced her firstborn son, William (named after *her* father, Bill The Bastard), to give up the countyship and more or less retire to the lordship Sully, his wife's domain. nor how she felt on the day that she finally gave up the Countessship in favor of her (second) son, Teddy, and entered the Cluniac convent of Marcigny in 1120. all these goodies --and many more-- will be fully exposed in the movie which will be made from Brenda's book. i can hardly wait to eat my popcorn. also of interest: LoPrete,Kimberly. "The Anglo-Norman Card of Adela of Blois", Albion 22 (1990) LoPrete, Kimberly. "Adela of Blois and Ivo of Chartres: Piety, Politics, and the Peace in the Diocese of Chartres", Anglo-Norman Studies 19 c ------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:58:28 AM EST From: Dr Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [M-R] excommunication > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > Countess Adela of Blois/Chartres (c. 1100) would be a good candidate for a novelistic treatment, using artistic license to fill in some of the gaps left in the story woven in a more professional fashion by Kimberly LoPrete's study. >> (say, has that been published yet?) >> c > Kimberly A. LoPrete, Adela of Blois, Countess and Lord (c. 1067-1137) (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007). At 663 pages, there aren't many "gaps" in it. > Cheers, > Jim ********************************************************************** 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