. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. eir lord and master had been treated, they were filled withindignation. They obliged Henry to be contented with thetitle of regent; they placed the young Herman on the throne;and Elizabeth received, as her dower, the city of Marbourg,whither she retired with her daughters. She was accompanied by the priest Conrad, her confessor,whose power, no longer divided with that of a beloved husband,became more and more absolute. Under his direction her lifebecame one continued penance. One by one she parted withher children, lest she sh
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. eir lord and master had been treated, they were filled withindignation. They obliged Henry to be contented with thetitle of regent; they placed the young Herman on the throne;and Elizabeth received, as her dower, the city of Marbourg,whither she retired with her daughters. She was accompanied by the priest Conrad, her confessor,whose power, no longer divided with that of a beloved husband,became more and more absolute. Under his direction her lifebecame one continued penance. One by one she parted withher children, lest she should love them too well: he restrictedher charities, which were her only consolation, because theywere a consolation. She already wore the cord as a member ofthe third Franciscan Order; and when she found that she wasnot permitted to give away all she had, she wished to alienateher possessions, to take the vows of absolute poverty, and to begher bread through the world: but this also Conrad refused toallow. She resolved, therefore, as she might not beg, to labour.
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