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Topic: CHATALAINES
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RWC
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posted 04-26-2001 12:57 PM
  
A QUESTION HAS BEEN POSED OF ME CONCERNING THE 'CHATALAINE'. I HAVE TRIED TO FIND INFO CONCERNING CHATALAINES BUT CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING. CHATALAINES WERE NOT ALWAYS A SEWING AID THAT YOU WORE AROUND THE NECK OR WAIST, AT ONE TIME THE CHATALAINE WAS AN OFFICE. I AM LOOKING FOR INFO SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PERIOD OF HISTORY ENCOMPASSING THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE SOME SPECIFICS CONCERNING EARLIER PERIODS. AS FOR MY AGE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE MIDDLE AGES BUT THE VICTORIAN AGE WAS A VAGUE MEMORY. THANKS! |
Gordon
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posted 04-26-2001 02:38 PM
Chatelaine..female of castellan, keeper of the castle.
From Merriam Websters dictionary..
Main Entry: cas·tel·lan
Pronunciation: 'kas-t&-l&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English castelleyn, from Old North French castelain, from Latin castellanus occupant of a castle, from castellanus of a castle, from castellum castle
Date: 14th century
: a governor or warden of a castle or fort Our own modern day Chatelaine has an excellent website at http://www.castles.org/Chatelaine/INDEX.HTM
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Merlin
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posted 04-27-2001 01:55 AM
The german / swiss version is «Kastellan», meaning «commander of the castle». It was a very common title for governeurs in the western part of Switzerland in 14th to 16th centuries, especially in areas controlled by the city of Bern, the counts of Savoy and the bishops of Geneva and Lausanne. The chatelain had a military function but also the power of jurisdiction and had to gather taxes – but always in the name of a lord or a city. So a chatelain didn't have to be a member of the high aristocracy, he was more like a civil servant.Merlin | |
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