[Illustration 1: _MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊME, QUEEN OF NAVARRE, READING THE_ HEPTAMERON _TO HER BROTHER, FRANCIS I. After the painting by Léon Olivie_ _In the_ Heptameron _we have an accurate representation of society, its manners and style of conversation; in it we find, also remnants of the brutality and grossness of the Middle Ages, as well as reflections of the higher tendencies and aspirations of the later time. In having a thorough knowledge of the tricks, deceits, and follies of the professional lovers of the day, and of their object in courting women, Marguerite was able to warn her contemporaries and thus guard them against immorality and its dangers. In her works she upheld the purity …
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