Dialogues and Addresses (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)
Contributors: S.J., John J. Conley (Translator)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: October 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780226502427
Subjects: Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; History - General History; History: World; Europe - France; History; Women's Studies - History; History / General; Social Science / Women's Studies; General; Conduct of life; Early works to 1800; Education; Europe; Women
Description: Born Françoise d'Aubigné, a criminal's daughter reduced to street begging as a child, Madame de Maintenon (1653-1719) made an improbable rise from impoverished beginnings to the summit of power as the second, secret wife of Louis XIV. An educational reformer, Maintenon founded and directed the celebrated academy for aristocratic women at Saint-Cyr. This volume presents the dialogues and addresses in which Maintenon explains her controversial philosophy of education for women.