Guigone de Salins: The Burgundy Touring Game Created by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

Guigone de Salins:  The Burgundy Touring Game Created by Savvy Mom Ruth Paget

Guigone de Salins was the wife of the Burgundian lawyer and diplomat Nicolas Rolin, who negotiated treaties on behalf of the Dukes of Burgundy.

Guigone was the descendent of an Italian family, who had been made nobility in France for the amount of money they brought into the kingdom.  Italian women had a higher literacy rate than French women to take of the trade interests of their families.

Italian women also managed several estates while their husbands were abroad.

When Guigone de Salins was widowed, she managed the Hospices de Beaune, which was a free hospital for vineyard workers.  The Hospice is in operation today.

The famous wine auction at the Hospices de Beaune is still attended by royalty and moviestars helps pay for free health care for Burgundian wine workers.

I have posted 7 blogs on this Savvy Mom Ruth Paget website about the suggested cities to visit on a tour of Burgundy below:

Burgundy Tour

-Dijon

-Vézalay

-Autun – Cathedral

-Autun – Lunch

-Hospices de Beaune

-Cluny Abbey

-Clos de Vougeot

This tour could be spread out over 1 to 2 weeks, especially during hot summer months.

By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

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