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Whether a Christian woman should be educated and other writings from her intellectual circle
Title:
Whether a Christian woman should be educated and other writings from her intellectual circle
JLCTITLE245:
Anna Maria van Schurman ; edited and translated by Joyce L. Irwin.
Personal Author:
Schurman, Anna Maria van, 1607-1678.
Uniform Title:
Works. Selections. English. 1998
Publication Information:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 148 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780226849980

9780226849997
Series:
The other voice in early modern Europe
General Note:
Includes translated selections from the writings of Gijsbert Voet.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-144) and index.
Subject Term:
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 -- Sources.
Added Author:
Irwin, Joyce L.
Added Author Contained Works:
Voet, Gijsbert, 1589-1676 Works. Selections. English. 1998.
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 Andre 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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