Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 20

[cahn]

Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D

(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)

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Re: Widow

[mildred_of_midgard]

In addition to the normal penchant for crossdressing during festivals like these, I assume the mourning attire for women was more elaborate?

And Horowski has just told me (upon the death of August II) that mourning attire for men was not surpassed by that of women when mourning a dead king (which I didn't think it was), but I'm still not sure about marital mourning: my admittedly 19th century impression is that the sexual double standard meant men were allowed to get over their wives a lot more easily than women their husbands, but the 18th century was a different time, so who knows. I remain curious!

Am enjoying Horowski so far. :)