{"product_id":"the-ship-of-virtuous-ladies-9780866985857","title":"The Ship of Virtuous Ladies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymphorien Champier’s \u003ci\u003eLa nef des dames vertueuses\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Ship of Virtuous Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e), a central text in the debates about women in early modern France, has at last been translated into English by Todd Reeser (following the first complete modern French edition by Judy Kem in 2007). Champier’s \u003ci\u003eShip\u003c\/i\u003e explicitly sets out to defend women, although this professed aim is complicated in ways that the editor explains. Preceded by a first-rate introduction situating the work both historically and rhetorically, the volume demonstrates a version of Neoplatonism in which women can participate, offers advice to new wives, praises countless legendary and historical women, and proffers medical counsel. Students of early modern culture, women’s studies, and medical history will doubtless applaud Reeser’s meticulously researched and elegantly presented edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Cathy Yandell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. I. and Hulda F. Daniell Professor of French Literature, Language, and Culture, Carleton College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Symphorien Champier’s \u003ci\u003eLa nef des dames vertueuses\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Ship of Virtuous Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e), a central text in the debates about women in early modern France, has at last been translated into English by Todd Reeser (following the first complete modern French edition by Judy Kem in 2007). Champier’s Ship explicitly sets out to defend women, although this professed aim is complicated in ways that the editor explains. Preceded by a first-rate introduction situating the work both historically and rhetorically, the volume demonstrates a version of Neoplatonism in which women can participate, offers advice to new wives, praises countless legendary and historical women, and proffers medical counsel. Students of early modern culture, women’s studies, and medical history will doubtless applaud Reeser’s meticulously researched and elegantly presented edition.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- Cathy Yandell, Carleton College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations xiii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003eThe Ship of Virtuous Ladies 27\u003cbr\u003eTitle Page 29\u003cbr\u003eDouble Rondeau about The Ship of Ladies 29\u003cbr\u003ePrologue of the Author in French in Rhetorical Style on The Ship of Ladies 30\u003cbr\u003eGenealogy of the Noble and Excellent House of Bourbon 35\u003cbr\u003ePoems Summarizing the First Book, in the Form of a Polemic against Defaming Ladies 37\u003cbr\u003eBook 1 of The Ship of Virtuous Ladies: Praise, Flowers, and Defense of Women 39\u003cbr\u003eBook 2 of The Ship of Virtuous Ladies: Rules for Marriage 95\u003cbr\u003eBook 3 of The Ship of Virtuous Ladies: The Prophecies and Oracles of the Sibyls 120\u003cbr\u003eBook 4 of The Ship of Virtuous Ladies: The Book of True Love 121\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 137\u003cbr\u003eIndex 149","brand":"Iter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038930665815,"sku":"9780866985857","price":39.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780866985857.jpg?v=1750941982","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ship-of-virtuous-ladies-9780866985857","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}