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The Education of a Christian Woman

A Sixteenth-century Manual [Paperback]

by Juan Luis Vives

    • Author

      Juan Luis Vives

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      The University of Chicago Press

    • Published

      March 2000

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      "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 16th-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.

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      • Author

        Juan Luis Vives

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        The University of Chicago Press

      • Published

        March 2000

      • Edition

        2nd

      • Weight

        504g

      • Page Count

        344

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9780226858159

      • ISBN-10

        0226858154

      • Eden Code

        1147584

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      • Author/Creator: Juan Luis Vives

      • ISBN: 9780226858159

      • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

      • Release Date: March 2000

      • Weight: 504g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 1147584

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