Memoirs: Hortense Mancini and Marie Mancini
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2008
Schriftenreihe:Other voice in early modern Europe
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Beschreibung:Translated from the French
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and index
Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; The Memoirs of Hortense and Marie Mancini; Volume Editor's Bibliography; To M.*** [The Memoirs of Hortense Mancini]; The Truth in Its Own Light by Marie Mancini; Appendixes; Series Editors' Bibliography; Index
The memoirs of Hortense (1646-1699) and of Marie (1639-1715) Mancini, nieces of the powerful Cardinal Mazarin and members of the court of Louis XIV, represent the earliest examples in France of memoirs published by women under their own names during their lifetimes. Both unhappily married--Marie had also fled the aftermath of her failed affair with the king--the sisters chose to leave their husbands for life on the road, a life quite rare for women of their day. Through their writings, the Mancinis sought to rehabilitate their reputations and reclaim the right to define their public images thems
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 217 pages)
ISBN:0226502805
9780226502809

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