Chapter 11 – Chambermaid as an eyewitness
A methodological problem runs through the plot. It is a twofold problem: first, how Marianne becomes aware of a source or a witness; and, second, how she reaches said source or witness. The variety of sources ranges from administrative documents to private correspondence. Each type requires a grounded way of approach: an academic text is […]
Chapter 11 – The excerpt from Liber sepulchrum
Keeping accounts on baptisms, weddings and funerals was one of the main businesses of the ecclesiastical administration; the registers they kept still provide an important source of personal data for researchers today. I have never seen the funeral register of the Augustinian church with my own eyes. Nevertheless, there is no doubt about its existence. […]