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|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Steinmetz (1999) | |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Steinmetz (1999) | ||
|Has Content Tag=Slander: wife falsely accused; Adultery; Revenge; Failed/rejected seduction; Dog; Violent punishment | |Has Content Tag=Slander: wife falsely accused; Adultery; Revenge; Failed/rejected seduction; Dog; Violent punishment; Dwarf; Murder; Evidence; False evidence of unchastity/criminality | ||
|Has Summary='''The Queen''' | |Has Summary='''The Queen''' | ||
The queen of France is propositioned by the king's marshal, who will not accept her refusals until at last she threatens to tell the king. Furious at being denied, the marshal waits until the queen is asleep, then deposits a sleeping dwarf beside her in the bed and summons the king to see the staged scene. The king immediately seizes the dwarf and slams him into the wall with such force that he dies, and then condemns his wife to be burned at the stake. The king's cousin, and young nobleman from Austria, defends the queen. It is arranged that she will flee into exile, and a knight conducts her out of the castle and into the forest. However, the marshal kills the knight, and the queen finds shelter with a charcoal burner in the woods. The murdered knight's dog alerts the court to the marshal's crime, and the dog and the marshal fight a duel. The marshal is found guilty, and the king sends for his wife to be restored to the court. | The queen of France is propositioned by the king's marshal, who will not accept her refusals until at last she threatens to tell the king. Furious at being denied, the marshal waits until the queen is asleep, then deposits a sleeping dwarf beside her in the bed and summons the king to see the staged scene. The king immediately seizes the dwarf and slams him into the wall with such force that he dies, and then condemns his wife to be burned at the stake. The king's cousin, and young nobleman from Austria, defends the queen. It is arranged that she will flee into exile, and a knight conducts her out of the castle and into the forest. However, the marshal kills the knight, and the queen finds shelter with a charcoal burner in the woods. The murdered knight's dog alerts the court to the marshal's crime, and the dog and the marshal fight a duel. The marshal is found guilty, and the king sends for his wife to be restored to the court. | ||
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The Queen
The queen of France is propositioned by the king's marshal, who will not accept her refusals until at last she threatens to tell the king. Furious at being denied, the marshal waits until the queen is asleep, then deposits a sleeping dwarf beside her in the bed and summons the king to see the staged scene. The king immediately seizes the dwarf and slams him into the wall with such force that he dies, and then condemns his wife to be burned at the stake. The king's cousin, and young nobleman from Austria, defends the queen. It is arranged that she will flee into exile, and a knight conducts her out of the castle and into the forest. However, the marshal kills the knight, and the queen finds shelter with a charcoal burner in the woods. The murdered knight's dog alerts the court to the marshal's crime, and the dog and the marshal fight a duel. The marshal is found guilty, and the king sends for his wife to be restored to the court.
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| Nishimura (2001), Steinmetz (1999) |
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