*December, 1389*. As penance for her sexual misconduct earlier that year, Hildegard is sent by Abbot de Courcy to the powerful Whitby Abbey on a difficult quest: to obtain a Holy Relic, a lock of St Hild's hair, kept secretly by the monks for over 600 years. Accompanied by two monks militant an
Whitby Abbey
โ Scribed by Frank C. Devas
- Book ID
- 125140224
- Year
- 1903
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2009-2113
- DOI
- 10.2307/20500507
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Late December, 1389. Ordered to undertake a gruelling three-day journey to bleak Whitby Abbey in the far north of England in a bid to purchase the Abbey's priceless Holy Relic – a lock of St Hild's hair, said to be 700 years old – Hildegard of Meaux and her three companion monks arrive t