Against marriage : the correspondence of la Grande Mademoiselle /
In seventeenth-century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. Once married, they became legally subservient to their husbands. The duchesse de Montpensier-a first cousin of Louis XIV-was...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2002.
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Colección: | Other voice in early modern Europe.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |