10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAGOT»
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cagot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology
68. and Paul Youngquist have argued against conflating the monstrous body with
the sublime object, the narrator of the Cagot's Hut tends to associate the Cagots
with what one might call a sublime body. Youngquist, for example, argues that ...
Caroline Joan S. Picart, John Edgar Browning, 2012
This prejudice against mixed marriages remained prevalent until very lately. The
tradition of the Cagot decent lingered amongst the people, long after the laws
against the accursed race were abolished. A Breton girl, within the last few years,
...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1855
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
On recognizing the unfortunate Cagot traversing the limit imposed by the law
which forbade his race from approaching within a certain distance of other men,
the crowd recoiled in dismay. A cry of indignation and fear broke from the lips of
the ...
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The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature
On recognizing the unfortunate Cagot traversing the limit imposed by the law
which forbade his race from approaching within a certain distance of other men,
the crowd recoiled in dismay. A cry of indignation and fear broke from the lips of
the ...
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, 1856
No one but a Cagot would enter the church by the Cagot's door, or even pass
along the street they inhabited. At Ossun, in the department of the Hautes
Pyrenees, so late as the year 1789, a Cagot having \-jntured to dip his hand into
the larger ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1848
very brother of this bigoted abbe", the seigneur of the village, went and married a
Cagot girl ; but so it was, and the dhb4 brought a legal process against him, and
had his estates taken from him, solely on account of his marriage, which ...
very brother of this bigoted abbé, the scigneur of the village, went and married a
Cagot girl ; but so it was, and the abbé brought a legal rocess against him, and
had his estates taken 'rom him, solely on account of his marriage, which reduced
...
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Cadogan Guides Gascony & the Pyrenees
Perhaps the stigma of a Cagot was a worthwhile trade for a peaceable life for
some people. Still, the mystery of the Cagots will probably never be solved. Why,
for example, were they called Crestias (Christians), and why, in the Middle Ages,
...
Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, 2007
9
The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)
One day, a half-blind Cagot stumbled and touched the censer borne before this
Abbe de Lourbes. He was immediately turned out of the church, and forbidden
ever to re-enter it. One does not know how to account for the fact, that the very ...
lately. The tradition of the Cagot descent lingered among the people, long after
the laws against the accursed race were abolished. A Breton girl, within the last
few years, having two lovers each of reputed Cagot descent, employed a notaryto
...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAGOT»
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cagot is used in the context of the following news items.
Crystal Cagot
Crystal Faith Cagot, 57, of Hopedale, OH., passed June 18, 2015. Born July 25, 1957, a daughter of the late Harry and Phyllis Ewing Zornes. «The Daily Times, Jun 15»
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Par exemple, durant notre session de jeu, nous bousculons un passant qui porte un cagot, oui le fameux que l'on connait depuis plusieurs ... «Gamer-Network.fr, Nov 14»
The untouchables of FRANCE: How swarthy Pyrenean race …
The Cagot pariahs were forbidden to join most trades so they made coffins for the dead. They also became expert roofers and carpenters: ... «Daily Mail, Jun 10»
The last untouchable in Europe
If the word "Cagot" means nothing to you, that is not surprising. The history of the Cagot people is obscure; some assert it has been deliberately ... «Independent, Jul 08»
