Far from Home in Early Modern France: Three Women's Stories Volume 92 Guyart de l'Incarnation Marie
Far from Home in Early Modern France: Three Women's Stories Volume 92 Guyart de l'Incarnation Marie An engaging account of women's travels in the early modern period.This book showcases three…
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Far from Home in Early Modern France: Three Women's Stories Volume 92 Guyart de l'Incarnation Marie
An engaging account of women's travels in the early modern period.This book showcases three Frenchwomen who ventured far from home at a time when such traveling was rare. In 1750, Madame du Boccage set out at the age of forty on her first "grand tour." She visited England, the Netherlands, and Italy where she experienced firsthand the intellectual liberty offered there to educated women. In 1639, Marie de l'Incarnation embarked for New France where she founded the first Ursuline monastery in present-day Canada.
The writings these women left behind detailing their respective journeys abroad represent significant contributions to early modern travel literature. As the Reign of Terror gripped France, the Marquise de la Tour du Pin fled to America with her husband and their two young children, where they ran a farm from 1794 to 1796. This book makes available to anglophone