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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693
Other Authors: Motteville, Françoise de, -1689, DeJean, Joan E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002.
Series:Other voice in early modern Europe.
Subjects:
Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, > duchesse de, > 1627-1693 > Correspondence.
Motteville, Françoise de, > -1689 > Correspondence.
Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, > duchesse de, > 1627-1693
Motteville, Françoise de, > -1689
1600-1715
Princesses > France > Correspondence.
Ladies-in-waiting > France > Correspondence.
Marriage.
Sex role.
Marriage
Gender Role
Princesses > France > Correspondance.
Dames d'honneur > France > Correspondance.
Mariage.
Rôle selon le sexe.
sex role.
HISTORY.
Courts and courtiers
Ladies-in-waiting
Princesses
Sex role
Huwelijk.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France > Court and courtiers > History > 17th century.
France
la grande mademoiselle, anne marie louise dorleans, duchess of montpensier, marriage, unmarried, 17th century, france, french, europe, european, aristocrats, aristocracy, women, gender studies, commodification, money, social advantage, wealth, power, influence, inheritance, letters, letter writing, translation, translated, courtship, equality, equity, heiress, childless, culture, dynamics.
personal correspondence.
History
Personal correspondence
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.
Online Access:Texto completo

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