“ ‘The reason is” said Dagoucin, ‘that in order to maintain peace in the state, consideration is given to the rank of families, the seniority of individuals and the provisions of the law, and not to man’s love and virtue, in order that the monarchy should not be undermined. Consequently, in marriages between social equalsContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron”: Love and the monarchy”
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