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Elizabeth I’s View of Love|The Virgin Queen and Her Hidden Tremor of the Heart
Among the monarchs of English history, few have stirred the imagination quite like her. Elizabeth I. Known as the “Virgin Queen,” she led 16th-century Englan... -
Lord Byron’s View of Love|What Drove the Romantic Poet to Dangerous Love?
In the early 19th century, when London’s fog still wrapped the city in its familiar scent, a man moved between the salons and the bedrooms of high society, a... -
Ikkyu Sojun’s View of Love|What Truth Did the Rebel Monk Find Between Love and Desire?
The night in Kyoto is slowly caressed by the moonlight.Down a quiet alley, a lone Zen monk slips away.In his hand, a gourd bottle; in his bosom, a love lette... -
Raffaello’s View of Love|What Fleeting Love Did the Painter of Beauty Capture?
The Renaissance city of Florence. Spring rain falls on cobbled streets, and a faint scent of roses drifts through the alleys. There, a boy held a paintbrush—...
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