Dialogues and addresses

Dialogues and addresses / Madame de Maintenon ; edited and translated by John J. Conley.

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 direct...

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Main Author: Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719
Other Authors: Conley, John J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Series:Other voice in early modern Europe.
Subjects:
Women > Education > Europe > Early works to 1800.
Women > Europe > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Women > Conduct of life
Women > Education
Onderwijs.
Vrouwen.
Europe
Electronic books.
Early works
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Works.
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Summary: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. Denounced by her contemporaries as a political schemer and religious fanatic, Maintenon has long been criticized as an.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 177 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-167) and index.
ISBN:9780226502403
0226502406
9780226502410
0226502414
9780226502427
0226502422
1281125865
9781281125866
9786611125868
6611125868
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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