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  1. Apr 2018
    1. For one who fights for righteousness, Will conquer paradise,

      such oxymoronic commentary

    2. What honor for the female Sex! God shows how he loves it,

      God before in the tails showed no favor to woman , why does she feel this now?

    3. Fortune

      why personify Fortune ?

    4. air season returns anew,

      deeming the turn of the season both figuratively and literally

    5. I, Christine, for eleven years Shut in an abbey all the time,

      does she lament her choices?

    6. n educating her (a new development in educational thought), over the objections of her mother, who thought girls had no need of education. Christine married Etienne de Castel, a nobleman, around 1380.

      why is education so torturous is the middle ages ?

  2. Mar 2018
    1. Break up your poultry or other meat and stew it in water, putting wine therewith, and [then] fry it; then take raw dried alm

      If a man is telling her HOW TO DO THIS why not do it himself?

    2. win the love of your husband

      Are they really saying that the love of god and husband are equal? That’s so frustrating lol

    3. d

      So either be a good wife or teach other girls to ? There is no other task for woman?

    4. small and ignorant service,

      Would you not expect a CHILD to be ignorant and self indulgent?

    5. service as your good neighbours of like estate do for their husbands

      Why is it only noted as good an noble intentions and deeds when a woman serves as a good wife ? Can a woman not be more ?

    1. shall take no one there. By myself I shall inflict on them such damage That none shall escape alive."

      Why are men always so cocky when they’re angry

    2. longer endure this life; I will put them in such a bad state That I will chop off all their heads; All will be dead, whatever the difficulty."

      So pride will lead him to slaughter so many others ?

    3. repose;

      Does that mean praise ?

  3. Feb 2018
    1. hese are the conditions which you must observe during the time of the peace

      Who dictates such acts , and how does one ensure they are followed ?

    2. of Lent to the octave of Easter

      An octave is the eight-day period during which Easter or Christmas is celebrated, and includes the actual feast. The eighth day is also called the octave or “octave day,” and days in between are said to be “within the octave”:

    3. Advent to the octave of Epiphany

      Epiphany is normally celebrated on January 6, although it can be celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and 8, as is done in the United States and many other countries

    4. commonly called the truce of God

      Although these were very religious times and most acts were often seen as influenced or direct assignments of God was often a sort of excuse of action , to determine a will or action as something " by God" in order to excuse oneself?