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One more contribution from a slightly different perspective.
IIRC one of the Stewart kings of Scotland (James V ??) wore a heavy iron
belt under his ordinary clothes for all his adult life because he felt guilt
for the death of his father. It has never been fully established just HOW
guilty he was. The son - as a teenaged youth - led a revolt against papa and
defeated him in battle. While the fleeing king was lying sick and exhausted
in a peasant hut he wanted a priest. An appropriate seeming person came -
and fatally stabbed the sick king. The identity of the assassin has never
been discovered. Nor his exact allegiance. He might have been working off a
private grudge; he might have been someone who wanted to curry favour with
the successful prince or he just MIGHT have been someone acting on the
prince's orders. The younger James never clarified the situation but wore
the penitential iron belt. He might have been showing remorse for his act of
rebellion or it might have been patricide.
Interesting because he is a layman and not a Religiou even if he is a king.
BMC
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From: "E Corbari" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] ferrea zona
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> I would like to thank all who have replied to my query.
> You more than answered my original questions. Your answers and comments
> will lead to consider the biblical, monastic, and liturgical connotations
> of Villana's use of the iron chain.
>
> Indeed, the zona ferrea is written in her vita along other
> ascetic/penitential practices such as hairshirt and fasting vigils. Some
> of you may be interested in the full description, as it suggests she never
> took it off again.
>
> "Ferrea pridem zona ad mammillas super nuda se precinxit, que tanta
> illius corpuscolo tenacitate inhesit ut emortuo tandem vix sine carnibus
> posset
> avelli."
>
> thank you again
>
> eliana corbari
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, October 31, 2007 6:11 pm, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>> From: George FERZOCO <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>> According to Du Cange:
>>
>>> 1. ZONA, seu Cingulum. Vestis Sacerdotalis.
>>> Alcuinus lib. de Offic. divin.
>>> : Sequitur Zona, quae cingulum dicitur,
>>> qua restringitur poderis, etc.
>>
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> just curious George: where did you find a digitized, OCRed(?) DuCange?
>>
>> c
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