The "mind like Aristotle/body like mortal sin/shattered the Commandments" line is a quote from The Lion in Winter. Eleanor of Aquitaine uses it to describe Henry II.
Or maybe she uses it to describe Henry's father?
Now I don't remember for sure, but the line is definitely a quote from The Lion in Winter. In my mind I can still hear Kate Hepburn saying it.
I need to come back and look at these--and follow the links--when I'm at home tonight.
Good call!
Love love
LOVE James Goldman's
The Lion in Winter. (Play 1966, film 1968.) LOVE.
And Kate--ah, yes, Kate:
Eleanor: Henry was 18 when we met and I was queen of France. He came down from the north to Paris with a mind like Aristotle's and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the commandments on the spot.
Eleanor: I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy. I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled.
Eleanor: Henry's bed is Henry's province, he can people it with sheep for all I care... which on occasion he has done.
Eleanor: [to her jewelry] I'd hang you from the nipples, but you'd shock the children.
Prince John: I thought I'd come and gloat a little.
Eleanor: Mother's tired. Come stick pins tomorrow morning; I'll be more responsive.
Eleanor: What family doesn't have its ups and downs?