Against marriage
the correspondence of la Grande Mademoiselle
by Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans...
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"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 one of very few exceptions, thanks to the vast wealth she inherited from her mother, who died shortly after Montpensier was born." "In the daring letters presented in this bilingual edition, Montpensier condemns the alliance system of marriage, proposing instead to found a republic that she would govern, "a corner of the world in which... women are their own mistresses," and where marriage and even courtship would be outlawed. Her pastoral utopia would provide medical care and vocational training for the poor, and all the homes would have libraries and studies, so that each woman would have "a room of her own" in which to write books."--BOOK JACKET.
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Correspondence, Court and courtiers, History, Ladies-in-waiting, Marriage, Princesses, Sex role, Sex role., Montpensier, anne marie louise d'orleans, duchesse de, 1627-1693, France, history, Montpensier, anne-marie-louise d'orléans , 1627-1693, Motteville, françoise de , -1689, Princesses--france--correspondence, Ladies-in-waiting--france--correspondence, Court and courtiers--history, Dc130.m8 a4 2002, 944/.033/0922People
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Against marriage: the correspondence of la Grande Mademoiselle
2002, University of Chicago Press
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Text in English and French.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-82) and index.
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