The Education of a Christian Woman
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The Education of a Christian Woman

A Sixteenth-Century Manual

Juan Luis Vives, Charles Fantazzi

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The Education of a Christian Woman

A Sixteenth-Century Manual

Juan Luis Vives, Charles Fantazzi

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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 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.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780226858166
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction to the Series
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Key to Abbreviations
  5. Introduction: Prelude to the Other Voice in Vives
  6. A Note on the Text
  7. Preface to the Books on the Education of a Christian Woman
  8. Book I: Which Treats of Unmarried Young Women
  9. Book II: Which Treats of Married Women
  10. Book III: On Widows
  11. Appendix
  12. Biblical References Index
  13. General Index
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APA 6 Citation

Vives, J. L. (2007). The Education of a Christian Woman ([edition unavailable]). The University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1975067/the-education-of-a-christian-woman-a-sixteenthcentury-manual-pdf (Original work published 2007)

Chicago Citation

Vives, Juan Luis. (2007) 2007. The Education of a Christian Woman. [Edition unavailable]. The University of Chicago Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1975067/the-education-of-a-christian-woman-a-sixteenthcentury-manual-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Vives, J. L. (2007) The Education of a Christian Woman. [edition unavailable]. The University of Chicago Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1975067/the-education-of-a-christian-woman-a-sixteenthcentury-manual-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Vives, Juan Luis. The Education of a Christian Woman. [edition unavailable]. The University of Chicago Press, 2007. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.