HERB - Re: Culpepper and beginning period books
Kathleen Keeler
kkeeler at unlserve.unl.edu
Tue Aug 31 06:48:56 PDT 1999
Rauthulfr Meistari inn Orthstori
> 1200 from what place?
We hold of King John. The richer lands are in Normandy and Anjou, but my dower
lands are in England between Oxford and Lincoln.
> There are, for example, several Herbals in Anglo-Saxon of which we have
> copies from 900-1000 extant.
Norman French is the language of the ruling class. I understand the villeins'
language but prefer not to let on. I am a noblwoman, not a leech. I have
considerable practical use of herbs, but for serious matters we consult the
priest and, very occasionally, a physician in London. The villeins have a
leeches, mostly women of little learning, that they go to. I don't inquire much
for I fear I'll find pagan practices and be duty bound to take disciplinary
action.
Surely it is much the same with you?
Agnes
;-)
kkeeler1 at unl.edu
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