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In 17th century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. The Duchesse de Montpensier was one of the few exceptions, as this collection of her letters demonstrates.

Against Marriage The Correspondence of La Grande

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    A Paperback / softback by Duchesse de Montpensier d'Orleans, Joan DeJean

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2002
      ISBN13: 9780226534923, 978-0226534923
      ISBN10: 0226534928
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      Gender studies: women and girls Society and culture: general

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      Book Synopsis
      In 17th century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. The Duchesse de Montpensier was one of the few exceptions, as this collection of her letters demonstrates.

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