tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post3287623318203016184..comments2024-02-29T03:15:19.673-05:00Comments on Vaulting and Vellum: "Medieval" Twins BornVaultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13686632678496609427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-21182640393242763292009-07-30T13:34:01.518-04:002009-07-30T13:34:01.518-04:00In one of the lais of Marie de France -- I think L...In one of the <i>lais</i> of Marie de France -- I think <i>Le Fresne</i> -- this belief figures as an important point. A woman uses this belief to slur her neighbor who has just given birth to twins, implying that the neighbor has committed adultery. Then she herself has twins and, in order to save face, abandons one secretly. The setup suggests that Marie, at least, did not believe in this theory. The woman is presented as repentant for her gossip-mongering after it comes back to haunt her, a faithful wife.squadratomagicohttp://squadratomagico.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-39940995399372656012009-06-26T21:27:39.803-04:002009-06-26T21:27:39.803-04:00Thank you for this post! I have a medieval novel c...Thank you for this post! I have a medieval novel coming out this fall that actually includes this superstition about twins as a plot device. Now if anyone challenges me, I can refer them here as well as to Shulamith Shahar's "Childhood in the Middle Ages". :-)Joyce DiPastenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638031103659265422noreply@blogger.com