medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks to Ann and John for replies about Rocamadour.
That brings up the topic of the cult in various and sundry places of these
"vierges noires." Anyone have any info on where this comes from? Why
"noires"? This sounds like something for the folklore folks. Jim...?
MG
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