the two principal exemplars of their respective loyalties' vision are christine de pizan, who wrote in 1429 ?la ditié de jehanne darc? two years prior to the maid of orleans' death, and william shakespeare, who provided an excellent .... mary. it is evident that, upon subduing the dauphin charles, her social superior (she being ?a shepherd's daughter?of contemptible estate?), she has worked her magic upon him; he is entranced, bewitched, and utterly beholden to her. ...
Widowed at twenty-five, Christine de Pizan was left with almost no means to support her young children, niece, and mother. She tried in vain to collect her husband salary and even gather money from her estate, but both of these ...
Their estate is noble, not ignoble, for they are like ?the two heads of the world? - Adam whom God made to cultivate the earth, and Noah, whom He charged with replenishing it. In some ways, the common farmer is much better off than the ...
