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Page 95
... later cause her to found two convents for cloistered Cistercian nuns . The first book dedicated to Blanche dates from the same period : The Mirror of the Soul . ' Most noble and puissant Lady Blanche , ' says the dedication , ' Queen of ...
... later cause her to found two convents for cloistered Cistercian nuns . The first book dedicated to Blanche dates from the same period : The Mirror of the Soul . ' Most noble and puissant Lady Blanche , ' says the dedication , ' Queen of ...
Page 133
... later raised a cross in memory of the siege commanded by a woman . Centuries later they were still calling it La Croix - feue - Reine : " The Queen's Fire Cross ' . The news spread quickly . Hugh Le Blond , castellan of La Perrière , to ...
... later raised a cross in memory of the siege commanded by a woman . Centuries later they were still calling it La Croix - feue - Reine : " The Queen's Fire Cross ' . The news spread quickly . Hugh Le Blond , castellan of La Perrière , to ...
Page 256
... later of escorting the wife of Robert of Artois to the Holy Land . She was pregnant and had stayed in France to have her baby . But after that she meant to go off crusading at her husband's side , just as her sisters - in - law had done ...
... later of escorting the wife of Robert of Artois to the Holy Land . She was pregnant and had stayed in France to have her baby . But after that she meant to go off crusading at her husband's side , just as her sisters - in - law had done ...
Contents
Prologue | 9 |
BLANCHES HERITAGE | 47 |
THE REALM OF THE FLEURDELIS | 90 |
Copyright | |
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