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Against marriage : the correspondence of la Grande Mademoiselle /

In seventeenth-century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. Once married, they became legally subservient to their husbands. The duchesse de Montpensier-a first cousin of Louis XIV-was...

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Main Author: Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693
Other Authors: Motteville, Françoise de, -1689, DeJean, Joan E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, > duchesse de, > 1627-1693 > Correspondence.
Motteville, Françoise de, > -1689 > Correspondence.
Princesses > France > Correspondence.
Ladies-in-waiting > France > Correspondence.
Marriage.
Sex role.
Marriage
Gender Role
sex role.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France > Court and courtiers > History > 17th century.
personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780226534930
0226534936
9780226534909
0226534901
9780226534923
0226534928
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE
  • MONTPENSIER-MOTTEVILLE CORRESPONDENCE
  • VOLUME EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • SERIES EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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