# Brune Pourcel

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**Brune Pourcel** née Tavernier was a woman who lived in the [Comté de Foix](/source/Comt%C3%A9_de_Foix) in the early fourteenth century, she was made notable by appearing in [Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie](/source/Emmanuel_Le_Roy_Ladurie)'s *[Montaillou](/source/Montaillou)*. A bastard daughter of [Prades Tavernier](/source/Prades_Tavernier) she became a servant in the house of the wealthy Clergue family of Montaillou. She left their employ upon being married but her husband soon died leaving her a poor widow. She could not even afford her own oven, being forced to use that of her aunt Alazaïs Rives.

## References

- Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel. *Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error.* translated by [Barbara Bray](/source/Barbara_Bray). New York: G. Braziller, c1978.

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