LEADER 03860nam 22007454a 450 001 9910451294303321 005 20210610021535.0 010 $a1-281-12586-5 010 $a9786611125868 010 $a0-226-50240-6 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226502403 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407195 035 $a(EBL)408234 035 $a(OCoLC)476228101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278671 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11244549 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278671 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246310 035 $a(PQKB)11020509 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000138413 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12035344 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138413 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100569 035 $a(PQKB)20357748 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408234 035 $a(DE-B1597)523520 035 $a(OCoLC)781253990 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226502403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408234 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10209939 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112586 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407195 100 $a20040120d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDialogues and addresses$b[electronic resource] /$fMadame de Maintenon ; edited and translated by John J. Conley 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (213 p.) 225 1 $aThe other voice in early modern Europe 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-50242-2 311 0 $a0-226-50241-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-167) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tTHE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tVOLUME EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION --$tVOLUME EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY --$tDIALOGUES --$tADDRESSES TO STUDENTS --$tADDRESSES TO FACULTY --$tSERIES EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aBorn Françoise d'Aubigné, a criminal's daughter reduced to street begging as a child, Madame de Maintenon (1653-1719) made an improbable rise from impoverished beginnings to the summit of power as the second, secret wife of Louis XIV. An educational reformer, Maintenon founded and directed the celebrated academy for aristocratic women at Saint-Cyr. This volume presents the dialogues and addresses in which Maintenon explains her controversial philosophy of education for women. Denounced by her contemporaries as a political schemer and religious fanatic, Maintenon has long been criticized as an opponent of gender equality. The writings in this volume faithfully reflect Maintenon's respect for social hierarchy and her stoic call for women to accept the duties of their state in life. But the writings also echo Maintenon's more feminist concerns: the need to redefine the virtues in the light of women's experience, the importance of naming the constraints on women's freedom, and the urgent need to remedy the scandalous neglect of the education of women. In her writings as well as in her own model school at Saint-Cyr, Maintenon embodies the demand for educational reform as the key to the empowerment of women at the dawn of modernity. 410 0$aOther voice in early modern Europe. 606 $aWomen$xEducation$zEurope$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aWomen$zEurope$xConduct of life$vEarly works to 1800 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xEducation 615 0$aWomen$xConduct of life 676 $a370/.82 700 $aMaintenon$cMadame de,$f1635-1719.$0396715 701 $aConley$b John J$0948953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451294303321 996 $aDialogues and addresses$92216400 997 $aUNINA