Warnings to the kings and advice on restoring Spain:
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Main Author: Guevara, María de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007
Edition:A bilingual ed
Series:Other voice in early modern Europe
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-137) and index
Tratado y advertencias hechas por una mujer celosa del bien de su Rey y corrida de parte de España (1663) = Treatise and warnings by a woman, concerned for the good of her king, and affronted by part of Spain (1663) -- Desengaños de la corte, y mujeres valerosas (1664) = Disenchantments at the court and valorous women (1664)
During a pivotal point in Spanish history, aristocrat María de Guevara (??1683) produced two extraordinary essays that appealed for strong leadership, protested political corruption, and demanded the inclusion of women in the court?s decision making. ?Treaty? gave Philip IV practical suggestions for fighting the war against Portugal and ?Disenchantments? counseled the king-to-be, Charles II, on strategies to raise the country?s status in Europe. This annotated bilingual edition, featuring Nieves Romero-Díaz?s adroit translation, reproduces Guevara?s polemics for the first time. Guevara?s provo
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 165 p.)
ISBN:0226140822
9780226140827

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