"Men march off to war because the women are watching." So said
Socrates. In "THE HARD GODDESS," the second book of his
trilogy-"The Song of Charlemagne," the author introduces his reader
to the women behind the men on the medieval battlefield. In so
doing, one comes to understand and appreciate how French
expressions such as "Feminine Mystique" and "Femme Fatale" must
have originated and which are today, universally recognized and
understood in the international lexicon without translation. Along
the way, one also discovers a few of the ulterior motives
underlying Charlemagne's alliance with the Roman church as well as
organized religion's functional utility in the hands of potentates
(be they Christian or Muslim) as a societal control mechanism. In
the process of the troubadour's telling of the story, the reader
experiences visceral descriptions of Dark Age battle against the
gloriously detailed backdrop of a France that is still there if one
knows where to go and look. There is a reason Eleanor of Aquitaine
is always credited with having "invented" the concepts of Romance,
Chivalry and Courtly Love. She was far removed from the times in
which he actually lived. Yet somehow, she must have sensed and
understood Charlemagne's hidden agenda regarding women within the
church and the greater social order. But, in the final analysis, is
anything within the pages of this work relevant with regard to
contemporary world events and social issues confronting us all?
Sadly, terribly.
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