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... FEUDAL CASTLE ( Continued from Vol . II . p . 462 . ) — THE FEUDAL LADY OUT OF THE CASTLE - WALKING , RIDING , AND DRIVING . CHAPTER X. SOCIAL life within the feudal castle was , as we have already seen , sufficiently free and easy ...
... FEUDAL CASTLE ( Continued from Vol . II . p . 462 . ) — THE FEUDAL LADY OUT OF THE CASTLE - WALKING , RIDING , AND DRIVING . CHAPTER X. SOCIAL life within the feudal castle was , as we have already seen , sufficiently free and easy ...
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In the illuminations of mediæval manuscripts , we now and then see the feudal gentry and ladies in their more ceremonious behaviour , as they exhibited themselves to the outer world . My old friend , M. du Sommerard , of the Hôtel de ...
In the illuminations of mediæval manuscripts , we now and then see the feudal gentry and ladies in their more ceremonious behaviour , as they exhibited themselves to the outer world . My old friend , M. du Sommerard , of the Hôtel de ...
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... feudal period , the ladies and gentlemen , or two or more ladies together , took each other by the hand , and this is the fashion represented in the picture just described , and in other contemporary illuminations . It is often alluded ...
... feudal period , the ladies and gentlemen , or two or more ladies together , took each other by the hand , and this is the fashion represented in the picture just described , and in other contemporary illuminations . It is often alluded ...
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... feudal ages , but the ladies appear to have been remarkably skilful at sitting down or squatting on the ground . This was the constant practice when the knights and ladies were taking their recreations in the fields , or in their garden ...
... feudal ages , but the ladies appear to have been remarkably skilful at sitting down or squatting on the ground . This was the constant practice when the knights and ladies were taking their recreations in the fields , or in their garden ...
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... feudal travelling , when places of entertainment were not found everywhere , and the knightly travellers were obliged to carry their provisions with them on mules or horses of. WOMANKIND IN THE FEUDAL CASTLE . 15.
... feudal travelling , when places of entertainment were not found everywhere , and the knightly travellers were obliged to carry their provisions with them on mules or horses of. WOMANKIND IN THE FEUDAL CASTLE . 15.
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