03879nam 2200673 a 450 991078451680332120200520144314.01-281-12612-897866111261240-226-85816-210.7208/9780226858166(CKB)1000000000399665(EBL)408519(OCoLC)437248229(SSID)ssj0000144229(PQKBManifestationID)11160434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144229(PQKBWorkID)10120300(PQKB)11731592(MiAaPQ)EBC408519(DE-B1597)535689(OCoLC)842839975(DE-B1597)9780226858166(Au-PeEL)EBL408519(CaPaEBR)ebr10210009(CaONFJC)MIL112612(EXLCZ)99100000000039966519990420d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe education of a Christian woman[electronic resource] a sixteenth-century manual /Juan Luis Vives ; edited and translated by Charles FantazziChicago University of Chicago Pressc20001 online resource (375 p.)Other voice in early modern EuropeDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-85815-4 0-226-85814-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.bk. 1. Which treats of unmarried young women -- bk. 2. Which treats married women -- bk. 3. On widows."From meetings and conversation with men, love affairs arise. In the midst of pleasures, banquets, dances, laughter, and self-indulgence, Venus and her son Cupid reign supreme. . . . Poor young girl, if you emerge from these encounters a captive prey! How much better it would have been to remain at home or to have broken a leg of the body rather than of the mind!" So wrote the sixteenth-century Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives in a famous work dedicated to Henry VIII's daughter, Princess Mary, but intended for a wider audience interested in the education of women. Praised by Erasmus and Thomas More, Vives advocated education for all women, regardless of social class and ability. From childhood through adolescence to marriage and widowhood, this manual offers practical advice as well as philosophical meditation and was recognized soon after publication in 1524 as the most authoritative pronouncement on the universal education of women. Arguing that women were intellectually equal if not superior to men, Vives stressed intellectual companionship in marriage over procreation, and moved beyond the private sphere to show how women's progress was essential for the good of society and state.Other voice in early modern Europe.Christian womenConduct of lifeEarly works to 1800Christian womenEducationEarly works to 1800educational, gender, sexuality, women, womens issues, christianity, faith, belief, religion, religious studies, learning, advocacy, advocate, feminism, feminist, activism, activist, thomas more, erasmus, history, historical, 16th century, 1500s, renaissance, childhood, adolescence, marriage, widowhood, advice, philosophy, philosophical, intellectual, instruction, behavior, moral, ethics, virginity, husband, couples, culture, cultural, society, customs.Christian womenConduct of lifeChristian womenEducation305.4Vives Juan Luis1492-1540.330633Fantazzi Charles172553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784516803321The education of a Christian woman3829578UNINA