Tag: Courtiers

Late 16th century Venice, where a woman can be a nun, a wife or a courtesan. For Veronica Franco, the free spirited girl scorned by because of her lack of wealth, the choice is an obvious one…

by Sandra Alvarez January 16, 2014

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Corruption at Court? Crisis and the theme of Luxuria in England and France, c. 1340-1422

Why was the behaviour of courtiers such a concern in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries? Historians often take contemporary remarks about the excesses of the court and the immorality of its members as simple observations of fact.