Women in Renaissance and Early Modern EuropeChristine Meek |
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... virtue , the more easily to extract money from her . He did not succeed in diverting her from her nat- ural virtue , but all of this was damaging to her and contrary to Lucchese statutes . The condemnation closely follows the wording of ...
... virtue , the more easily to extract money from her . He did not succeed in diverting her from her nat- ural virtue , but all of this was damaging to her and contrary to Lucchese statutes . The condemnation closely follows the wording of ...
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... virtue is synonymous with sexual virtue . By confining woman to the home and keeping her in sexual ignorance , Fénelon hopes to ensure her virtuous conduct . It becomes clear that , although it may be argued that Fénelon sets down a ...
... virtue is synonymous with sexual virtue . By confining woman to the home and keeping her in sexual ignorance , Fénelon hopes to ensure her virtuous conduct . It becomes clear that , although it may be argued that Fénelon sets down a ...
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... virtue . She is a laughable con- cept , blameworthy , and , worst of all , criminal . She is a physical and moral transvestite . The reference to ' pudeur ' , traditionally perceived as a female virtue , hints at an entire network of ...
... virtue . She is a laughable con- cept , blameworthy , and , worst of all , criminal . She is a physical and moral transvestite . The reference to ' pudeur ' , traditionally perceived as a female virtue , hints at an entire network of ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 6 |
some cases from late medieval Lucca | 43 |
She was usually placed with the great men and leaders of | 67 |
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