tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114056 Ursula Ursula 2015-02-15T15:49:50Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114056:169664 2015-02-15T15:49:50Z 2015-02-15T15:49:50Z public 0 My translation of the portion of the <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BfJBAAAAcAAJ">statutes</a> of the sixteenth-century French<em> Ordre du Saint-Esprit</em> concerning the initiation of a new member. In comparison to fifteenth-century ceremonies, this shows a much greater emphasis on the power of the Sovereign. As one might expect from a kingdom embroiled in religious wars, there is also a far greater emphasis on the role of the Church.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://ursula.dreamwidth.org/169664.html#cutid1">Those who will have been received to enter into said Order . . .</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ursula&ditemid=169664" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments