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Dhuoda, author of the Liber Manualis, was a significant Carolingian woman and writer from a powerful Austrasian family in Aachen. [2] It has been speculated that her unusual name is an attempt to render the Basque name Toda, and that she may have been daughter of Sancho I, Duke of Gascony. She married Bernard, Duke of Septimania, at the ...
Alpaida (also Alpaïde, Alpaide, Alphaida, Alpoïde, Elphide, Elfide, Chalpaida; c. 654 – c. 714) was a Frankish noblewoman who hailed from the Liège area. [1][2] She became the second wife, concubine or mistress of Pippin of Herstal and mother to a son by him, Charles Martel and possibly another, Childebrand I. [3][4][5][6][7] [8] In the ...
The Medieval period in England is usually classified as the time between the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance, roughly the years AD 410–1485.. For various peoples living in England, the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Danes, Normans and Britons, clothing in the medieval era differed widely for men and women as well as for different classes in the social hierar
Portrait of Anne, Countess of Morton, by Theodore Russel, c. 1640s. Anne Douglas, Countess of Morton (c. 1610 – 15 December 1654), born Anne Villiers, [ 1] was an English noblewoman, famed for her beauty, bravery and loyalty to the throne. The first half of the 17th-century closet drama Cicilia and Clorinda was dedicated to her.
Katherine Neville, Duchess of Norfolk. Katherine Neville (c. 1397 – late summer 1483) was a medieval English noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and his second wife Joan Beaufort. [1] Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of John of Gaunt [2] and a great-granddaughter of King Edward III.
Dreamland. - Once you solve the puzzle, the clown will open his mouth. - Use the ticket in your inventory on the mouth to give it to him. - Watch the cut scene and the gate will open. - Go through ...
Noblewoman. A noblewoman is a female member of the nobility. Noblewomen form a disparate group, which has evolved over time, having the main point in common of being linked to the nobility by a man: the father or the husband. Ennoblement of women is a rare occurrence. However, women of the nobility assumed political functions, participated in ...
Courtly love (Occitan: fin'amor [finaˈmuɾ]; French: amour courtois [amuʁ kuʁtwa]) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing various deeds or services for ladies because of their "courtly love".