Lais of Marie de France tales The Guigmar Tale This tale tells the story of a knight called Guigmar who does not believe or have any interest in love. In his endeavours, Guigmar meets a magical deer that curses him and tells Guigmar that the curse can only be lifted once he finds a woman he can pine (Burgess 3). Guigmar journeys across the see using a magical boat, and Guigmar fell in love with the wife of the lord of the land who banishes Guigmar after finding out the relationship with his wife. Guigmar leaves with his heartbroken, but the two are reunited when the woman travels to Guigmar’s land using the magical boat. Guigmar rescues the woman from her husband, and they live together, fall in love, and the curse is lifted. The Equitant Tale The equitant is a tale of a ruler who has an affair with the wife of his seneschal. The king and the woman decide that they want to live together, but the seneschal is an obstacle to their love story. The two…

 analyzing a case of marriage annulment of the seventeenth century (Van Deusen, “Wife of My Soul and Heart, and All My Solace”) For this week’s activity, you must analyze a case of marriage annulment of the seventeenth century (Van Deusen, “Wife of My Soul and Heart, and All My Solace”). The petitioner or plaintiff was an Indian woman, who filed the case before the ecclesiastical court because the Church was the institution that supervise and control marriages. Considered a sacrament, marriages, as baptisms and deaths, were administered and recorded by the church. Church had great influence on people’s life, beyond the care of their spiritual needs. How does Ysabel and Diego’s marriage annulment reflect the impact that the Church, and specifically the priests had over people’s lives?[unique_solution] For this week’s activity, you must analyze a case of marriage annulment of the seventeenth century (Van Deusen, “Wife of My Soul and Heart, and All My Solace”). The petitioner or plaintiff was an Indian woman, who filed the case before the ecclesiastical court because the Church was the institution that supervise and…