medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Am 6. Nov 2004 um 16:32 Uhr schrieb Christopher Crockett:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
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> From: Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Leonard of Noblac (d. c. 559) ...founded Noblac on land he received
>> as a
> reward for praying successfully for the queen while she was in
> labor---all the
> land he could ride around on a donkey in a day.
He should do so like Jesus Christ ...
>
>
> that would have been quite an endowment in real estate.
>
> reminds me a bit of an account in the cartulary of St. Martin des
> Champs (i
> think it was) of the gift of a righ-of-way through a town, as wide as
> the
> donor's outstretched arms as he rode through it.
>
> the measuring of land was sometimes rather _ad hoc_, en ces temps la.
I guess, those stories are reflecting ceremonies of taking possession
of land, partly following Roman examples, but it depends of the source.
>
b.k.
> c
>
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