MAHAUT, COUNTESS OF ARTOIS 



Burgundy through the marriage of her grand- 

 daughter with its Duke. 



Here, though only a tithe has been told, we 

 must take leave of this cultivated woman of the 

 fourteenth century, a type of the time and for 

 all time. Her aim was the aim of all culture 

 the attainment of as complete a life as possible. 

 To this she aspired, and to this in large measure 

 she attained. What more can be said of even 

 those we count the greatest ? 



