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Polytheism In The Book Of Harbour Foy

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Sainte Foy is a saint that very few may actually be aware of in the modern era. However, in the Middle Ages the young female saint was an important figure of the age due to the many miraculous miracles she performed as recorded in The Book of Sainte Foy. Yet, with reading the text a question becomes raised. This question being how exactly far removed are the people of the middle ages from polytheism? The question of the people of the era as anything but monotheistic may seem odd at first. Nonetheless, in closer inspection of the text the more similarities can be seen to compare saint Foy to a goddess. “I raised an immense outcry on account of the injury inflicted upon you, and with it I swayed the goodness of the Heavenly Judge to mercy. I

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