Whether a Christian Woman Should Be Educated and Other Writings from Her Intellectual Circle.
Advocate and exemplar of women's education, female of aristocratic birth and modest demeanor, Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was one of Reformation Europe's most renowned writers defending women's intelligence. From her early teens, Schurman garnered recognition and admiration fo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1998.
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Colección: | Other voice in early modern Europe.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Advocate and exemplar of women's education, female of aristocratic birth and modest demeanor, Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was one of Reformation Europe's most renowned writers defending women's intelligence. From her early teens, Schurman garnered recognition and admiration for her accomplishments in languages, philosophy, poetry, and painting. As an adult she actively engaged in written correspondence and debate with Europe's leading intellectuals. Nevertheless, Schurman refused to regard herself as an anomaly among women. A supporter of the female sex, she argues that the same rigoro. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (176 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-144) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226850009 0226850005 9786611126117 6611126112 |