Author: DE CERIZIERS, RENATUS, VAN DEN HOUCKE, CAROLUS,
Title: Historie des levens van de heylige Nederlandsche Susanna, of Genoveva, huysvrouw van den doorluchtigen palatyn Sifridus, met godvrugtige Leeringen, om te bewyzen de wonderlyke Godelyke Voorszienigheyd, zeer nut voor alle Staeten.
Description: Gent, I.C. van Paemel, [ca. 1830-40], 130 +(2) pages, binding only board front, no back. Decent copy with considerable wear and tear. (From Wikipedia): Her story is a typical example of the widespread tale of the chaste wife falsely accused and repudiated, generally on the word of a rejected suitor. Genovefa of Brabant was said to be the wife of the palatine Siegfried of Treves, and was falsely accused by the majordomo Golo. Sentenced to death, she was spared by the executioner and lived for six years with her son in a cave in the Ardennes nourished by a roe. Siegfried, who had meanwhile found out Golo's treachery, was chasing the roe when he discovered her hiding-place, and reinstated her in her former honour. Her story is said to rest on the history of Marie of Brabant, wife of Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine. Marie of Brabant was suspected of infidelity and subsequently tried by her husband, found guilty and beheaded on 18 January 1256. When the verdict was shown to be mistaken, Louis had to do penance for the beheading. The change in name from Marie to Genevieve may be traced back to a cult of St Genevieve, patroness of Paris. The Genevieve tale first obtained wide popularity in L'Innocence reconnue, ou vie de Sainte Genevieve de Brabant (pr. 1638) by the Jesuit René de Cerisiers (1603-1662), and was a frequent subject for dramatic representation in Germany.

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