IT  Ibid.
^^  Ibid.,  p.  211.
'^^  Ibid.,  p.  212.
20  For  list  of  members  see  Piaget,  Rotn.,  xx,  pp.  424-444,  and  xxxi,  p.  598.
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des  balades  et  autres  fais  de  rethorique,"^^  so  that  they  might  be
shown  to  those  who  wished  to  see  them.
The  hterary  side  of  the  Coiir  Amoureuse  has  been  described  here
in  such  detail  because  it  probably  accounts  for  some  of  the  names
on  the  membership  list,  notably  those  of  Monstereul  and  Col,  which
seem  so  out  of  place  in  an  association  bearing  such  a  title.  This  is
not,  however,  the  only  association  of  its  kind  in  the  fourteenth  and
fifteenth  centuries,  altho  set  off  from  the  others  by  its  distinctly
literary  flavor.  Passing  reference  must  be  made  here  to  the  fact  that
in  those  centuries  were  founded  several  orders  of  chivalry,  such  as
that  of  Boucicault,^^  whose  chief  aim  was  the  defense  of  women,
and  that  of  the  Duke  of  Bourbon,^^  animated  by  somewhat  the
same  idea.  These  were  all  attempts  at  a  revival  of  the  conrtols
attitude  towards  women,  and  it  seems  probable  that  they  were  a
phase  of  the  contemporary  woman  question.  The  general  attitude
of  criticism  of  women  at  that  time  has  already  been  dwelt  upon;
these  organizations  were  simply  signs  of  reaction  against  it.
III.  Col's  Role  in  the  Quarrel  between  Jehan  de  Mon-
stereul AND  AmbROSIUS  DE  MiLIIS

We  have  found  the  quarrel  of  the  Roman  de  la  Rose  to  be  inter-
esting as  showing  the  attitude  of  the  times  towards  women,  and  also
because  of  the  light  it  throws  on  a  little  nucleus  of  Humanists.
