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Romance of the French abbeys (1905)

Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 518

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arter to venerate them. The towns-people outside the Abbey walls drove a thriv-ing trade as innkeepers in providing for theirentertainment. Travelling merchants hadfollowed the pilgrims and had found such agood mart for their wares that they estab-lished themselves as citizens in the town,which… … o Ix, >• UJ m u m T3 < u T •z, 1- o O .2 0 u 1 o- Abbey Pilgrimages 385 collect their taxes and tithes became morerapacious. But Abbot Artaud was a mianof fearless courage, challenging them to at-tack an Abbey of the powerful order of Cluny.He not only held his own against foes without,but he…

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