The Cistercians...are wholly strange to the use of flesh. Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon—though perhaps not q… - Walter Map
" "The Cistercians...are wholly strange to the use of flesh. Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon—though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.
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Walter Map (Latin: Gualterius Mappus; 1130 – c. 1209/1210) was a medieval writer. He wrote De nugis curialium, which takes the form of a series of anecdotes of people and places, offering insights into the history of his time.
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Walter Mapes
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Walter de Mapes
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Gautier Map
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