The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter
Description
Friar Ambrosius and another young monk, Friar Romanus, of the order of St. Francis, are sent by their superior to the monastery in Berchtesgaden, high in the Bavarian Alps. There, Ambrosius meets and feels great pity for the beautiful Benedicta, despised by all because she is the hangman's daughter. Soon Ambrosius is also scorned by the populace, most of all by the son of the village's most powerful man, who wants Benedicta for himself—not as a wife, but as a mistress.
Two monks from the order of St. Francis, Friars Ambrosius and Romanus are sent to the monastery in Berchtesgaden, high in the Bavarian Alps. In the cold of the village, Ambrosius meets the beautiful and pitiful Benedicta, who is scorned by all for being the hangman's daughter. He soon earns the ire of the villagers, along with the hatred of the son of the town's most powerful man who desires Benedicta in his bed.
Two Franciscan monks, Ambrosius and Romanus, travel to a mountain monastery in the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden. In the harsh village below, Ambrosius falls for the lovely but tragic Benedicta, who everyone shuns because her father is the town executioner. His feelings for her anger the villagers and make an enemy of a powerful man's son who wants Benedicta for himself.
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