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Agnes Sorel’s Influence on French Royalty

Karen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:51:26 +0000

True greatness looks it from far. There are some people whose presence is dominating and influencing, in disregard of age or gender. Such was Sorel’s personality, so distinct and powerful, that she became an enemy of all who revolted against the reign of King Charles VII. She rose from a mere court visitor to a [...]

Diane de Poitiers’ Royal Fame, Wealth and Love

Karen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:53:54 +0000

Madame de Poitiers, born on 3rd September 1499, is among the most intriguing figures of French history. For a decade she ruled France alongside King Henri II as a royal mistress. Not only was she very beautiful and wealthy, but in her days, Diane de Poitiers had a lasting impact on the royalty of France [...]

Madame de Pompadour, A Mistress Like No Other

Karen — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:56:02 +0000

The story of Madame de Pompadour is one that inspires and motivates persistence, determination and hope. Her name at birth was Jeanne-Antionette Poisson, a name she attributed to oppressive poverty and social limitations. Some of the cultural practices that have seen the oppression and subordination of women over the centuries and decades were inherited to [...]

Reviewing Diane Haeger’s The Perfect Royal Mistress

Karen — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:57:47 +0000

Diane Haeger, a famed historical novelist, achieved a masterful historical picture in The Perfect Royal Mistress, recounting a scandalous love affair that thrived endearingly between King Charles II and his mistress, actress Nell Gwynne, during the English Restoration period. Despite the voluminous amount of details she has incorporated in the story, Diane manages to paint [...]

Untamed Royal Mistresses in History

Karen — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:07:48 +0000

The common definition of a mistress is as a man’s permanent female sexual companion and one with whom marriage has not been solemnized. A man-mistress relationship commonly occurs when the man happens to be married officially or at least legally, to another woman. A relationship between a man and his mistress is generally stable and [...]

Reviewing The Last Mistress from Ideology

Karen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Catherine Breillat has largely been viewed by film critics as a controversial French Director, after a series of lascivious experiments with mostly audience-bludgeoning, totally anti-romance films like Romance and Fat Girl. But in The Last Mistress, she unexpectedly stepped out of this tradition and produced a lurid exploration into the passionate and lustful side of [...]