President Camacho wrote:
"And without a doubt he could easily have got away with it in those days, because the luxuries of Egypt had not yet infiltrated to any marked degree into Tuscany, as they were later to do on a very wide scale, to the ruination of the whole of Italy." I wonder what he meant by this. Some kind of trade or lifestyle change occurred. I'm guessing it's along the lines of when Holland went crazy for tulips... and not Robert variety.
It might be similar to what curmudgeons like yours truly say about all the luxuries of the current generation, all the electronics and staying indoors. When people have too much stuff to pamper themselves with, they get soft and in love with themselves.
Clergyman: "Liarland, where I found a large number of friars belonging to various religious orders including my own, all of whom were forsaking a life of discomfort for the love of god, and paying little heed to the exertions of others so long as they led to their own profit. In all these countries, I coined a great many phrases, which turned out to be the only currency I needed."
The friar comes close to defining himself as the devil here.
Who is Elissa in love with? I couldn't find the answer... Maybe you can deduce the answer from her song.
She doesn't say, if she really does have a lover and this isn't just a song she sings about an ideal love. I'll note here that at the end of the next day, Filomena sings a similar song that makes the other ladies wonder if she's gone beyond the platonic stages with the guy, and they're envious of her. That another thing that makes me think that our ladies are still virginal.
Nature: "who is the Mother and the motive force of all created things, via the constant rotation of the heavens." It's hard to sound intelligent and religious at the same time. Good job here.
I agree. When the theology is this general and kind of philosophical, I don't object.
"every woman taken in adultery was to be burned alive, whether she was with a lover or simply doing it for money." Simply doing it for money? I guess these women lived on an allowance and if it wasn't ample enough they sought out fun-ds.
We probably don't get a full picture from the liberal B. of the oppression of women's lives in those days. Women must have loved listening to tales such as these where women have a lot more power and ability to get what they want than they had in reality. But note that although Filippa is spared and the law is changed, it still is lawful to burn a married woman at the stake if she accepts money from a lover.