Against marriage : the correspondence of la Grande Mademoiselle

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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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:English
French
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.
Princesses > France > Correspondence.
Ladies-in-waiting > France > Correspondence.
Marriage.
Sex role.
Marriage
Gender Role
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France > Court and courtiers > History > 17th century.
Personal correspondence.
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