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The book of the ladies

Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .ased to co-exist during the sixteenth century; on the one hand was an emulation of virtue and merit on the part of the noble heiresses, alas, too eclipsed, of Anne de Bretagne, on the other an emulation with high bidding of gallantry, by the giddy pupils of the school of François I. To Rœderer the Hôtel de Rambouillet, that perfected salon, founded towards the beginning of the seventeenth century, is only a tardy return to the traditions of Anne de Bretagne, the triumph of merit, virtue, and polite manners over the license to which all the kings, from François I., including Henri IV., had paid tribute.

Reaching thus the Hôtel de Rambouillet and holding henceforth an unbroken thread in hand, Rœderer divides and subdivides at pleasure. He marks the divers periods and the divers shades of transition, the growth and the decline that he discerns. The first years of Louis XIV.’s youth cause him some distress; a return is bein. . . Read More

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- Gintautas - Aug 29, 2021

Pierre de Bourdeille gyveno XVI-XVII amžių sandūroje. Studijavo Puatjė universitete, savo laikmečiui buvo gana išsilavinęs. Pakariavo prieš turkus, išmaišė pusę Europos, po Pranciškaus II mirties lydėjo jo našlę, Mariją Stiuart į Škotiją, vėliau vėl kovėsi – Prancūzijos religiniuose karuose. Bet 158

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- Asaria - Jan 11, 2023

And who has said people of the past were so pure and scorned physical love? Human nature hasn't changed much :)

"Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies" would be taken for a Renaissance version of a gossip column. Great storyteller the author is, he doesn't hesitate to indulge us with secrets and stories o

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