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King’s sister, queen of dissent: Marguerite of Navarre (1492-1549) and her evangelical network

November 7, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Marguerite de Navarre - Statue of Marguerite of Angoulême, in the gardens of the city hall of Angoulême

This study reconstructs the previously unknown history of the most important dissident group within France before the French Reformed Church formed during the 1550s.

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Love, Mercy, and Courtly Discourse: Marguerite de Navarre Reads Alain Chartier

June 17, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Leighton-Alain_Chartier-1903 (Courtly Love)

Love, Mercy, and Courtly Discourse: Marguerite de Navarre Reads Alain Chartier Frelick, Nancy (University of British Columbia) Mythes à la cour, mythes pour la four (2010). 325-36 Abstract In the Heptaméron, Marguerite de Navarre makes two direct references to Alain Chartier’s Belle Dame sans Mercy. Both references highlight the elaboration of lovesickness and courtly discourse as strategies of […]