(urth) Sev's family tree

[Jeff Wilson]

On 1/26/2011 12:22 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 1/25/2011 11:27 PM, Mr Thalassocrat wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> great presentation!
>
>> Perhaps Catherine’s situation was different from this girl’s – maybe she
>> ended up as slave of the Pelerines, like Winnoc, as her foster parent’s
>> family embarked on their own downward slide (culminating eventually with
>> beggarly Agia/Agilus).It’s always been hard to connect Ouen’s comments
>> about Catherine having run away from an order of monials, with her
>> ending up in the clutches of the torturers. Surely renunciation by a
>> postulate wouldn’t be punished like this? But if she was a runaway
>> slave, the situation could be different – noting Winnoc’s comments about
>> how the Pelerines deal with disobedient servants. Or perhaps she isn’t
>> with the torturers for running away, but for some crime committed
>> afterwards.Dunno.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a separation between ecclesiastical and civil
> authority in the Commonwealth, so there might be some religious crimes
> that are considered serious enough to warrant tower detention until
> resolved, like Thecla is immediately cuffed and stuffed for espionage.
> Whether she actually did such a thing...?

I mean, whether Catherine actually did such a thing.


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