A thirteenth-century Anglo-French writer identified himself only by the name Chardri. That name may be an anagram for Richard. Chardri is known to have written The Life of St. Josaphaz {La Vie de Seint Josaphaz}, The Life of the Seven Sleepers {La Vie des Set Dormanz} and The Little Debate {Le Petit Plet}. Chardri wrote with considerable appreciation for the realities of medieval men’s lives.
Chardri’s The Little Debate {Le Petit Plet} educated medieval men about women’s dynamism and the risk of divorce. That’s enlightenment men need today. … Read the post Chardri’s Le Petit Plet: educating medieval men about divorce risk
As Chardri’s Le petit plet shows, medieval men recognized women’s awesome persuasive power & regarded themselves as inferior to women in guile. … Read the post medieval men regarded themselves as inferior to women
Men seeking women’s love should study an exemplum in the Old French debate poem Le Petit Plet {The Little Debate} & learn sexual guile and self-confidence. … Read the post medieval lesson in winning women’s love: aloofness, not groveling