CHAPTER IV

INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCE (_Continued_)

Results of feminine influence—Literature in praise of women—Pompeo Colonna—Two schools of taste: passion, sensibility—Castiglione—Literature of conversation—Fugitive poems—Temples of high poetry—Literature of poodles and birds—The ancestor of Vert-Vert—Spanish women—France, Lyons—Accusation of frivolity—German scepticism—The struggle in France—For or against women—Timidity of Frenchwomen—Spirit of the prelates. Pages 398-421