Prie-dieu

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Sun February 6th, 2011, 4:46 am

Rosaries absolutely. I don't know when their use began, but if I had to guess, I'd put it before 600 AD.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Sun February 6th, 2011, 2:57 pm

[quote=""Alisha Marie Klapheke""]Thanks MLE and EC. This is very helpful. What about rosaries in 13thc England? I am painfully ignorant of their history.[/quote]

Invented by St. Dominic in the early 13th. Before that they existed as prayer beads and might have had specific prayers and chants associated with them, but St Dominic was the one who put the rosary as we understand it on the map.

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Sun February 6th, 2011, 3:05 pm

Thanks EC! I did not know that. Amazing little details of daily life.

Alisha Marie Klapheke · Post by **Alisha Marie Klapheke** » Tue February 8th, 2011, 9:38 pm

Thanks so much, EC and MLE!

I will try to keep from bugging you for at least a day or two. It's a tough promise though because you are so knowledgable and supportive of this lowly aspiring novelist! : )