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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Sorry, forgot the translation: "Is anyone should dance in front of the churches of the saints, or change his appearance to the dress of a woman or a woman into the dress of a man, amends having been promised, he shall do penance for three years." -Stephen Allen On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 2:32 PM, Stephen Allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Cross dressing and dancing in front of the church. To me this sounds like > a condemnation of Feast of Fools activity, although I'm not sure of the > time frame. > > -Stephen Allen > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Cormack, Margaret Jean <[log in to unmask] > > wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> In Robert of Flamborouh's Liber Poinetentialis, p. 264, there is a >> heading 'De illis qui balationes fecerint et se aleina forma mutaverint' >> >> Si quis balationes ante ecclesias sanctorum fecerit, seu qui faciem suam >> tranformaverit in habitu muliebri et mulier in habitu viri, emendatione >> pollicita tres annos poenitentiat.' >> >> What is going on here? It is in a section about magical activities, and >> seems to be more than cross-dressing! >> An educated translation would be appreciated! >> Meg >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion > > > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion