The Education of a Christian Woman
A Sixteenth-Century Manual
Cloth $75.00
ISBN: 9780226858142
Published March 2000
Paper $22.50
ISBN: 9780226858159
Published March 2000
Introduction to the Series Acknowledgments Key to Abbreviations Introduction: Prelude to the Other Voice in Vives A Note on the Text Preface to the Books "The Education of a Christian Woman" Book I—Which Treats of Unmarried Young Women I. On the Education of the Young Woman as a Child II. On the Later Years of Childhood III. On Her Early Training IV. On the Instruction of Young Girls V. Which Writers Are to Be Read and Which Not to Be Read VI. On Virginity VII. How the Young Woman Will Treat Her Body VIII. On Adornment IX. On the Solitude of the Virgin X. On the Virtues of a Woman and the Examples She Should Imitate XI. How She Will Behave in Public XII. On Dancing XIII. On Love Affairs XIV. On the Love Befitting a Virgin XV. On Seeking a Spouse Book II—Which Treats of Married Women I. What Thoughts Should Occupy the Mind of a Woman When She Marries II. Two Points of Greatest Importance for the Married Woman III. How She Should Behave toward Her Husband IV. On the Concord of Married Couples V. How She Will Conduct Herself Privately with Her Husband VI. On Jealousy VII. On Adornments VIII. On Behavior in Public IX. How She Should Behave at Home X. On Children and the Care That Must Be Taken of Them XI. On the Twice-Married and Stepmothers XII. How She Will Behave with Her Relatives and In-Laws XIII. How She Is to Behave with Her Married Son or Daughter, with Her Son-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law XIV. On a Married Woman of Advanced Years Book III—On Widows I. On the Mourning of Widows II. On the Husband’s Funeral III. On the Memory of One’s Husband IV. On the Chastity and the Moral Rectitude of a Widow V. How They Should Conduct Themselves at Home VI. How She Should Behave in Public VII. On Second Marriages Appendix Index
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