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A beautiful, ambitious maid and a graceful but married Duke are trying to save their love in a cruel medieval society. Tables are suddenly turned after a lack of loyalty and the discovery of the maid's real origin.
Yeah, the concept definitely feels more like the basis of a medieval soap opera. >>She commits suicide. Tad??, first obstacle is gone Suicide is a mortal sin. She would be consigning herself to eternal damnation in hell. If she's got to conveniently die, there are plenty of diseases to choose from,Read more
Yeah, the concept definitely feels more like the basis of a medieval soap opera.
>>She commits suicide. Tad??, first obstacle is gone
Suicide is a mortal sin. She would be consigning herself to eternal damnation in hell. If she’s got to conveniently die, there are plenty of diseases to choose from, such as cholera, smallpox or the plague.
See lessA beautiful, ambitious maid and a graceful but married Duke are trying to save their love in a cruel medieval society. Tables are suddenly turned after a lack of loyalty and the discovery of the maid's real origin.
Why would she be legitimized? An illegitimate son might be acknowledged and adopted (hence legitimized) if a nobleman had no legitimate sons: inheritances and and noble lineages were passed down through sons. But in those days, weren't daughters -- legitimate daughters-- just expendable pawns for poRead more
Why would she be legitimized? An illegitimate son might be acknowledged and adopted (hence legitimized) if a nobleman had no legitimate sons: inheritances and and noble lineages were passed down through sons. But in those days, weren’t daughters — legitimate daughters– just expendable pawns for political alliances through marriage? What political utility did illegitimate girls have in medieval society? Why would she be legitimized?
Also if her goal is to marry the Duke of Devon in a medieval society when the Catholic Church dominated, wasn’t divorce rare, difficult to obtain? (Henry VIII, the King of England, couldn’t obtain a divorce from the Pope.)
See lessA beautiful, ambitious maid and a graceful but married Duke are trying to save their love in a cruel medieval society. Tables are suddenly turned after a lack of loyalty and the discovery of the maid's real origin.
Are they conducting an illicit affair or a platonic affair? What does "tables are turned mean"? What's the problem created by the discovery of her origin? What must she do about it? What's at stake if she fails? Exile? Execution?
Are they conducting an illicit affair or a platonic affair? What does “tables are turned mean”? What’s the problem created by the discovery of her origin? What must she do about it? What’s at stake if she fails? Exile? Execution?
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