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Citizen and Begine, Chaplain and Concubine
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Open in the appA walking tour through the Upper Village of the 16th century Where today there are idyllic squares and sleepy alleyways, very different people once lived crammed together in tight quarters. They often complained about foul smells and noisy neighbours. We have brought several… A walking tour through the Upper Village of the 16th century Where today there are idyllic squares and sleepy alleyways, very different people once lived crammed together in tight quarters. They often complained about foul smells and noisy neighbours. We have brought several residents back to life: a woman who bequeathed her house to her husband as a life estate, and a chaplain who married a nun after the Reformation; a wealthy citizen from a cloth merchant dynasty and a Zurich woman who married her first husband for love and survived her second as a Reformer's widow, as well as impoverished Begines who earned their living through weaving and begging.