The story of Eliduc is a timeless tale of two women and the man they share. Though the title of this story is Eliduc, the focus is on the two women, Guildeluec and Guilliadun. From a woman’s point of view, Marie de France’s take on infidelity in medieval times is a refreshing and surprising one; she focuses on how much Guildeluec loves Eliduc so that she ends up renouncing him so he can have happiness with Guilliadun.
The traditional view of medieval women is that they were inferior to their husbands, weak-minded, and subservient. The truth is that medieval women worked with their men and families in the field, ran their estates if the husband had died, weren’t unknown to lead troops into battle, and of course, defended what was rightl
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