Сегодня наткнулась на любопытные вещи на майспэйсе.
Thought I'd share these extracts translated from Marice Magre who was himself drawing on an old Occitan text by the 13th century chronicler Guilhelm Montanhagol...
"...Ramon Roger the count of Foix was possessed with a unique love of riches and sometimes came to stay in his Pamiers Mansion in order to extort the monks of Saint-Antonin. He would entrust his youngest daughter, Esclarmonde, to his loyal servant Roiax, to whom he had lent the strange octagonal tower of Belpech where the aging retainer lived alone. It is there, that this beautiful child of Foix, Esclarmonde, came to satisfy her innate love of solitude, with her father's accord. For all good Christians Esclarmonde's name is synonymous with malediction. She wandered alone in the woods seeking certain dethroned pagan divinities, whose language she spoke and who descended from their mountains at her call. She had no fear of men, for the demon inside her pushed her to give herself to more than one of them. Even for those who place no credence in these stories Esclarmonde’s name carries a mysterious resonance. One only has to pronounce it to evoke images of sin and magic..."
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