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Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)

Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 487

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Our Lady of Chartres—dating back to the first ageof Christianity in Graul. Nothing is known as to the origin of this devotion,which is supposed to have replaced that of some local divinity. The Virginof Rocamadour was famous as early as the eighth century, for, if tradition isto be believed,… … Fig. 300.—Charles VI. fulfilling his vow to Our Lady of Hope (1389).—The king, who was atthat time hut twenty years of age, having lost his way one night in a forest near Toulouse,made a vow that if he recovered his road he would offer the value of his horse to Our Lady ofHope. In the painting he…

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