This article assesses connections between the Valasse reliquary cross and the Plantagenets, and considers whether the smaller, older set into the Valasse reliquary cross may have been the Empress Matilda’s own jewel. I explore the evidence for the agency of this 12th-century English princess, whose eventful travels through England, Germany, northern Italy, Rome, Maine and Normandy are well documented. The cross itself changed as it moved through time and space. I examine the contexts in which it may have been presented as a gift to a religious foundation, and attempt to explain why the reception of the reliquary by a Cistercian and Norman abbey was appropriate.

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奥古斯塔·马蒂尔达（Augusta Matilda）和瓦拉斯（Valasse）圣物十字架：从圣罗马帝国到Plantagenet领域的转换Crucis

本文评估了Valasse圣物十字架和Plantagenets之间的联系，并考虑了较小，较旧的Valasse圣物十字架中的镶嵌物是否可能是Matilda皇后自己的珠宝。我探索了这位12世纪英国公主的代理人的证据，该文件记录了他在英格兰，德国，意大利北部，罗马，缅因州和诺曼底的多次旅行。十字架在穿越时空的过程中发生了变化。我研究了将其作为礼物赠送给宗教基金会的情况，并试图解释为什么由西多会和诺曼修道院接受圣物收藏是适当的。