A rule for children and other writings

A rule for children and other writings / Jacqueline Pascal ; edited and translated by John J. Conley.

Jacqueline Pascal (1625-1661) was the sister of Blaise Pascal and a nun at the Jansenist Port-Royal convent in France. She was also a prolific writer who argued for the spiritual rights of women and the right of conscientious objection to royal, ecclesiastic, and family authority. This book presents...

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Main Author: Pascal, Jacqueline, 1625-1661
Other Authors: Conley, John J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
Series:Other voice in early modern Europe.
Subjects:
Jansenists.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Jansenists
Jansenisme.
Opvoeding.
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Works.
Description
Summary:Jacqueline Pascal (1625-1661) was the sister of Blaise Pascal and a nun at the Jansenist Port-Royal convent in France. She was also a prolific writer who argued for the spiritual rights of women and the right of conscientious objection to royal, ecclesiastic, and family authority. This book presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her witty adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women, A Rule for Children, which drew on her experiences as schoolmistress at Port-Royal. Readers will also find Pascal's devotional treatise, which match.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 171 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index.
ISBN:9780226648347
0226648346
9780226648316
0226648311
9780226648330
0226648338
1281125970
9781281125972
9786611125974
6611125973
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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