tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297743534213606590.post7422849261083944526..comments2024-03-07T13:40:43.040-08:00Comments on The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Hanging on to Jeanne of France Sharon L. Jansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17872672005659023462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297743534213606590.post-39424867231434587622020-12-16T11:44:41.416-08:002020-12-16T11:44:41.416-08:00Thank you, Sylvia, for reading and for taking the ...Thank you, Sylvia, for reading and for taking the time to comment. If you haven't yet looked at René de Maulde La Clavière’s biography, you will find the comments of her contemporaries about Jeanne and her "physical deformities," whatever they might have been. And in the more recent "Queen’s Mate: Three Women of Power in France on the Eve of the Renaissance," Pauline Matarasso briefly discusses Jeanne, including, as I recall, information about some original sources (witness statements) from the 1498 divorce trial--that may give you the kind of specifics you are interested in finding . . . Best of luck!Sharon L. Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872672005659023462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297743534213606590.post-34058494719092461232020-12-13T10:07:16.261-08:002020-12-13T10:07:16.261-08:00I am thrilled to discover your blog because I'...I am thrilled to discover your blog because I'm a huge fan! I was just researching Jeanne de Valois, and came across this wonderful post. I'd love to ask some questions about her! For instance, her contemporaries remarked that Jeanne was "deformed in body and limbs" but I can't find a specific description of her appearance. Have you ever came across a specific description of Joan's appearance? There are some secondary sources claiming that she was lame and pockmarked, but is this true?Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449659297999358402noreply@blogger.com