CHAPTER XXVII.

OF CHIVALRY, AND THE MANNERS OF THE BARBARIANS IN THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE CONDITION OF WOMAN.

The life of feudal lords according to M. Guizot--The passions and faith in chivalry--Chivalry did not ennoble woman, it supposed her to be ennobled--Of the respect of the Germans for woman--Analysis of a passage of Tacitus--Reflections on that historian--It is difficult thoroughly to understand the manners of the Germans--Action of Catholicity--Important distinction between Christianity and Catholicity--That the Germans of themselves were incapable of giving dignity to woman, 150