Sin and Salvation in Early Modern France – Three Women′s Stories
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- ISBN 9780866985710
- Weight: 196g
- Dimensions: 157 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 14 Mar 2017
- Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The texts available here in English for the first time open a window into the lives of three early modern Frenchwomen as they explore the common themes of family, memory, sin, and salvation. The Regrets of Marguerite d’Auge (1600), the Memoirs of Renée Burlamacchi (1623), and the Genealogy of Jeanne du Laurens (1631), taken from different genres of historical writings, raise important questions: Why and how did female authorship find its way into the historical record? How did these voices escape the censorship and prejudice against female publication? In a time of extreme religious conflict, how did these women convey their views on controversial issues such as primacy of grace, indulgences, and salvation without disrupting the gender expectations of the era?
Colette H. Winn, professor of French at Washington University in St. Louis, specializes in editing early modern writings by women.
Nicholas Van Handel holds a BA in Linguistics and Romance Languages and Literatures from Washington University in St. Louis.
