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The essays in this collection examine women s political writings with particular reference to the themes of virtue (especially the virtue of phronesis or prudence), liberty, and toleration. The figures discussed include Christine de Pizan, Catherine d Amboise, Isabella d Este, Elizabeth I, Katherine Chidley, Elizabeth Poole, Margaret Cavendish, Damaris Masham, Mary Astell, Elizabeth Carter, Catharine Macaulay, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Cornélie Wouters.This volume serves as an introduction to a rich and as yet under-explored period in the history of women s ideas. The volume provides a partial insight into the richness and complexity of women s political ideas in the centuries prior to the French Revolution. The essays in this collection examine women s political writings with particular reference to the themes of virtue (especially the virtue of phronesis or prudence), liberty, and toleration.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Virtue, Liberty, and Toleration
• Subtitle: Political Ideas of European Women, 1400-1800
• Author: Jacqueline Broad, Karen Green
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• EAN: 9789048174706
• ISBN: 9048174708
• ID: 01975629
• Publisher: Springer
• Weight: 372 g
• Dimensions: 155 × 235 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. November 2010

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