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Author Anne, of France, 1461-1522.

Title Anne of France : lessons for my daughter / translated from the French, with introduction, notes and interpretive essay ; Sharon L. Jansen
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : D.S. Brewer, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 105 pages)
Series Library of medieval women, 1369-9652
Library of medieval women. 1369-9652
Contents PREFACE; Introduction; Anne of France, Madame la Grande; Lessons for My Daughter: sources and models; Lessons for My Daughter: content and structure; Anne of France, Madame la Vieille; A Note on the Translation; Lessons for My Daughter; Interpretive Essay; The Princess and The Prince: gender, genre, and Lessons for My Daughter; APPENDIX I: Louis XI, Anne of France, and the Regency Question; APPENDIX II: Unpublished Letters from Anne of France; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary Anne of France (1461-1522) composed these lessons - presented as a portrait of an ideal princess - as guidance in negotiating the pitfalls facing a woman in the world of politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-102) and index
Notes Translated from the Middle French
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Subject Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Feminist.
Christian life
Conduct of life
Opvoeding.
Meisjes.
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Jansen, Sharon L., 1951-
LC no. 2003025369
ISBN 9781846152658
1846152658
9781782044376
178204437X
1281949809
9781281949806
9786611949808
6611949801
Other Titles Enseignements d'Anne de France, duchesse de Bourbonnais et d'Auvergne, à sa fille Suzanne de Bourbon. English