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Whether a Christian woman should be educated and other writings from her intellectual circle / Anna Maria van Schurman ; edited and translated by Joyce L. Irwin.

By: Schurman, Anna Maria van, 1607-1678
Contributor(s): Irwin, Joyce L
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Latin, French, German, Hebrew Series: Other voice in early modern Europe: Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xxvi, 148 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0226849996 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0226849988 (cloth : alk. paper)Uniform titles: Works. Selections. English. 1998 Subject(s): Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 17th century -- Sources | Women in Christianity | Women in the Reformed Church -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Sources | Christian women -- Education | Reformed Church -- Doctrines | Reformed Church -- Doctrines -- History -- 17th century -- SourcesDDC classification: 305.42 LOC classification: BT704 | .S3813 1998Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Anna Maria van Schurman and her intellectual circle -- Selections from the writings of Anna Maria van Schurman. A practical problem : whether the study of letters is fitting for a Christian woman ; Correspondence with André Rivet on this question ; Correspondence with other women ; Eukleria, chapters 1 and 2 -- Concerning women / by Gisbertus Voetis. Chapter I. The natural status and condition of women ; Chapter II. The secular and political status of women -- Chapter III. The spiritual and ecclesiastical status of women.

Includes translated selections from the writings of Gijsbert Voet.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-144) and index.

Introduction. Anna Maria van Schurman and her intellectual circle -- Selections from the writings of Anna Maria van Schurman. A practical problem : whether the study of letters is fitting for a Christian woman ; Correspondence with André Rivet on this question ; Correspondence with other women ; Eukleria, chapters 1 and 2 -- Concerning women / by Gisbertus Voetis. Chapter I. The natural status and condition of women ; Chapter II. The secular and political status of women -- Chapter III. The spiritual and ecclesiastical status of women.

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