Against Marriage: The Correspondence of La Grande Mademoiselle
(Part of the The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Chicago Series Series)
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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. She was also one of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226534928
ISBN13:9780226534923
Release Date:December 2002
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:115 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.6" x 8.5"
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