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was a personal friend of Goswin and his biography was written after 1234 and probably before 1239, while
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William, probably in 1232. It is divided into 34 chapters. The first four are chronological account of how Ida became a nun. The last three chronicle her illness, death and posthumous miracles. The middle chapters are non-chronological and use anecdotes to display
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includes his death, but it is probably not the work of Goswin. Goswin's work survives in two manuscripts: MS Royal
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Compassionate of Nivelles, Nun of La Ramée, Arnulf, Lay Brother of Villers, and Abundus, Monk of Villers, by Goswin of Bossut
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Compassionate of Nivelles, Nun of La Ramée, Arnulf, Lay Brother of Villers, and Abundus, Monk of Villers, by Goswin of Bossut
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Bakker, Anna de (2017). "A Life in Hours: Goswin of Bossut's Office for Arnulf of
Villers". In Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis; Margot E. Fassler; A.B. Kraebel (eds.).
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