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Elf Queens and Holy Friars THE MIDDLE AGES SERIES Ruth Mazo Karras, Series Editor Edward Peters, Founding Editor ELF QUEENS AND HOLY FRIARS Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church Richard Firth Green University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Copyright © 2016 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www . upenn . edu / pennpress Printed in the United States of Amer i ca on acid- free paper 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 A Cataloging- in- Publication record is available from the Library of Congress isbn 978-0-8122-4843-2 For Sharon, still my fairy queen This page intentionally left blank Th e elf- queene, with hir joly compaignye, Daunced ful ofte in many a grene mede. Th is was the olde opinion, as I rede; I speke of manye hundred yeres ago. But now kan no man se none elves mo, For now the grete charitee and prayeres Of lymytours and othere hooly freres, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th is maketh that ther ben no fayeryes. — Chaucer, Th e Wife of Bath’s Tale This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1. Believing in Fairies 11 Chapter 2. Policing Vernacular Belief 42 Chapter 3. Incubi Fairies 76 Chapter 4. Christ the Changeling 110 Chapter 5. Living in Fairyland 147 Postscript 194 Notes 207 Bibliography 253 Index 277 Acknowl edgments 287

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