The education of a Christian woman [[electronic resource] ] : a sixteenth-century manual / / Juan Luis Vives ; edited and translated by Charles Fantazzi

• Autore: Vives Juan Luis <1492-1540.>
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4
• Soggetto topico: Christian women - Conduct of life; Christian women - Education
• Soggetto non controllato: educational, 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
• Altri autori: FantazziCharles
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: bk. 1. Which treats of unmarried young women -- bk. 2. Which treats married women -- bk. 3. On widows.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The education of a Christian woman
• ISBN: 1-281-12612-8; 9786611126124; 0-226-85816-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784516803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Other voice in early modern Europe.