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MARGARET OF NORWAY. 7
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as it would be to liold them up for a commentary on the illiberal civilization of the Eastit must yet be conceded that ignorance and
superstition Hunters bore and no small soldiers , share themselves in the equalit the men y of of the the Northern Teutonic
sexes . , the races stud sou y ght of onl simp y to les be and swift the and observance strong , and of reli left gious to their ceremonies women . intellectconfounded
Thus they became dependent on the subtler , knowled beheld in ge woman with insp not iration onl , the and alleviator , passing from of their admiration sufferings to upon awe , y
earthbut the intercessor for their sins before the gods . North Time , , As however the men , went became far to enli change htened the con so did dition their of reverence things in the for
woman . fade and diminish . - Ashamed g , of their former credulity , they vances plunged of good into breeding the opposite , and refused extreme to , be desp governed ised even by the any obser but
their male chiefs . and The flowed tide of between emigration the shores and conquest of Northern had , in and the meantime Central _EurojDe , ebbed .
by Eng the land Baltic , Italy hordes , France purified , and Spain bthe had . admixture been , as it of were barbaric , re-peop blood led ,
and inoculated with , the rude virtues y and wholesome customs of the invaders . Thus influenced , society assumed new aspects and underand the
became went important romantic changes . Perhaps . Chivalry its strangest sprang feature into being at this , period was age
in civilization a revival the darkness of , it the was of woman b reproduced arb - arism worshi and p by of rejected the the Scandinavian far-off in the descendants twili races ght . of of Begun semi that - d d
idol a anti degenerate que She peop held le aspect —but a . false reproduced Woman social was status in another no . longer She age was the and at priestess clime the , same an , but un time the er
their every . thing swords and to her nothing service . Kni poets ghts wrote fought canzonets for her upon smiles her , and beauty vowed ;
kings of courtesy professed more themselves _humiliating ; her servants than scorn . Mocked and more by a cruel semblance than
lectshe was led to believe herself a divinity ; but she was a neg divinity , without influence , liberty , or education . differed
The state of society in Northern and Central Europe patronise widely at the this arts particular was becoming juncture . acquainted Central Europe with the had literature begun to ,
produce , and geograp ; hy of the East ; and had already established a reputation for gallantry and refinement . Northern Europe , on
when the contrary King , Olaf was of almost Norway as ignorant first introduced , and quite the as Christian prejudiced faith , as
Absorbed among his in peop their le by own destroy international ing the war idols s and and temp distracted les of by Odin the .
, feuds onlknown of a turbulent bname nobility to the rest , the of three the Continent great Baltic . "With powers civilized were
Europe y they had y , indeed , no interests or pursuits in common .. They
Margaret Of Norway. 7
MARGARET OF NORWAY . 7
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1859, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031859/page/7/
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