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... Widows should , in order to be widows of God , keep busy , reading the office of Our Lady and saying their Pater Nosters , and they must equally have familiarity with no man , not even a priest or a cleric . He then outlined reasons ...
... Widows should , in order to be widows of God , keep busy , reading the office of Our Lady and saying their Pater Nosters , and they must equally have familiarity with no man , not even a priest or a cleric . He then outlined reasons ...
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... widow.74 The rel- ative freedom of widows to inherit and remarry may have resulted in a greater sympathy for and interest in legends and images of the Holy Kind- red and the matrilineal descent of Christ . Although the words of Gregory ...
... widow.74 The rel- ative freedom of widows to inherit and remarry may have resulted in a greater sympathy for and interest in legends and images of the Holy Kind- red and the matrilineal descent of Christ . Although the words of Gregory ...
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... widow of a wealthy merchant husband , Alice would no doubt have a considerable fortune and be free to marry or remain single . The church fathers had conflicting opinions on the remarriage of widows and widowers , often praising those ...
... widow of a wealthy merchant husband , Alice would no doubt have a considerable fortune and be free to marry or remain single . The church fathers had conflicting opinions on the remarriage of widows and widowers , often praising those ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 6 |
some cases from late medieval Lucca | 43 |
She was usually placed with the great men and leaders of | 67 |
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