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Apr. 27th, 2005 01:54 amOk, time for a summary of what I know about Jadwiga.
She was born after the treaty of Torun in 1413, and in her personal timeline it's about 1448. She has very strong feelings about the stupid English and French, and the death of Joan of Arc, but she's also a bit uptight about the recent period of kinglessness in her native country.
She was born someplace near Cracow, but is living in on the Silesian border, as waiting-woman to a lesser magnate's wife.
There is a small piece of land with a cottage on it which she is in legal wrangles with her brother over, since it was part of her mother's portion. She doesn't have much to do with the ongoing law case, as the primary movers are her paternal uncle and (acting for her), her mother's sister's husband. Her father was definitely of the szlachta, but her maternal grandfather was a physican or perhaps just a jumped-up apothecary.
The magnate's wife doesn't have a fulltime physician in her household, so she relies on Jadwiga to deal with apothecaries and physicians when necessary, and consult with cook about diets. Jadwiga also is responsible for keeping track of her mistress's supply of spices (even when the magnate is in residence, man and wife generally eat separately) and supervising such activities as preserving and making scents. It amuses her mistress to make it possible for Jadwiga to get books (the mistress is Bohemian) and discuss learned Latin subjects with her.
Jadwiga gets two outfits a year from her patroness, plus food and shelter, and occasional presents from time to time. Like all the Poles of her time period, she loves jewelry and flashy clothes (would rather go without underthings than jewelry, in fact.
She is a fervent Christian but her devotion is notably to Our Lady and the Saints; she hears mass nearly every day but thinks the priestly denunciation of folk customs is foolish. She is especially devoted to St. Martha, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and St. Hedwig of Silesia (which may explain her tendency to go barefoot when she doesn't think she'll get caught.
(You'll notice that I don't dress appropriately for Jadwiga. That's because I still haven't gotten a houppelande made.)
She was born after the treaty of Torun in 1413, and in her personal timeline it's about 1448. She has very strong feelings about the stupid English and French, and the death of Joan of Arc, but she's also a bit uptight about the recent period of kinglessness in her native country.
She was born someplace near Cracow, but is living in on the Silesian border, as waiting-woman to a lesser magnate's wife.
There is a small piece of land with a cottage on it which she is in legal wrangles with her brother over, since it was part of her mother's portion. She doesn't have much to do with the ongoing law case, as the primary movers are her paternal uncle and (acting for her), her mother's sister's husband. Her father was definitely of the szlachta, but her maternal grandfather was a physican or perhaps just a jumped-up apothecary.
The magnate's wife doesn't have a fulltime physician in her household, so she relies on Jadwiga to deal with apothecaries and physicians when necessary, and consult with cook about diets. Jadwiga also is responsible for keeping track of her mistress's supply of spices (even when the magnate is in residence, man and wife generally eat separately) and supervising such activities as preserving and making scents. It amuses her mistress to make it possible for Jadwiga to get books (the mistress is Bohemian) and discuss learned Latin subjects with her.
Jadwiga gets two outfits a year from her patroness, plus food and shelter, and occasional presents from time to time. Like all the Poles of her time period, she loves jewelry and flashy clothes (would rather go without underthings than jewelry, in fact.
She is a fervent Christian but her devotion is notably to Our Lady and the Saints; she hears mass nearly every day but thinks the priestly denunciation of folk customs is foolish. She is especially devoted to St. Martha, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, and St. Hedwig of Silesia (which may explain her tendency to go barefoot when she doesn't think she'll get caught.
(You'll notice that I don't dress appropriately for Jadwiga. That's because I still haven't gotten a houppelande made.)
