Author
Ritchey; Sara
Year
2021
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
35
ISBN
978-1-50175-353-4
Last Update
21-Oct-2024
Keywords
History ; European Studies
A young beguine named Ida, who later joined the Cistercian community of Roosendaal, routinely visited the poor and sick in her hometown of Leuven, providing them with food, clothing, and other bodily comforts.¹ The unnamed Cistercian monk who recorded her Life in the later thirteenth century reports that Ida was once called to a nearby home where she found a man in bed (aegrotus), nearly dead, and already having received the viaticum. She quickly inquired into the man’s illness, eliciting information about the exact site and symptoms he experienced. After inspecting his pestiferous swelling, Ida drained the puss, and oversaw...
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