In the *Colloquies,* Erasmus satirizes the practice of
bargaining with saints. See "The Shipwreck."
Yours,
Rod McCaslin
--- Frank Morgret <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Good day to all!
>
> In <i>The Stripping of the Altars</i>, pp. 183ff,
> Duffy describes a
> process that might best be described as striking a
> bargain with a saint.
> In return for some benefit from a saint, the person
> venerating the saint
> would promise to perform a specific deed. (Duffy
> describes this trans-
> action as a "contract.")
>
> Martin Luther described such a transaction he made
> with St. Anne. (It's in
> the Table Talk somewhere, but I cannot find it right
> at the moment. The
> gist was, "Help me, St. Anne, and I shall become a
> monk," [if we accept
> the Table Talk as being reliable].)
>
> Was the practice Duffy describes common on the
> continent as well as in
> England? If so, where may I read more concerning it
> as practiced in late
> medieval Germany?
>
>
> As ever,
>
> Frank
>
>
>
> Frank Morgret
> 15 Towering Hts -- #1206
> St Catharines, Ontario
> CANADA
> L2T 3G7
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