Principle, formulated for the occasion, that a woman does not succeed to the throne of France. Thus was born the momentous Salic Law that was to create a permanent bar to the succession of women where none had existed before.
Barbara W. Tuchman
Principle, formulated for the occasion, that a woman does not succeed to the throne of France. Thus was born the momentous Salic Law that was to create a permanent bar to the succession of women where none had existed before.