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Оглавление‘…the most beautiful lady in the whole realm of England, and by far the most amorous.’
Jean Froissart
‘…concerning whose birth (Richard II) many unsavoury things were commonly said (of her), namely that he was not born to a father of the royal line, but of a mother given to slippery ways – to say nothing of many other things I have heard.’
The Chronicle of Adam Usk 1377-1421
‘The gentle prince married… a lady of great renown, who kindled love in him, in that she was beauteous, charming and discreet.’
Chandos Herald
‘Prudence teaches the princess or great lady how above all things in this base world she ought to love honour and good reputation.’
Christine de Pisan
