Beacon Lights of HistoryCosimo, Inc., 1 gen 2009 - 420 pagine First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic. This replica edition features all the original illustrations, hard to come by in other recent versions. It will delight both readers of history and lovers of beautiful, classic books. Volume VII: "Great Women" covers: [ Heloise and love [ Joan of Arc and heroic women [ Saint Theresa and religious enthusiasm [ Madame de Maintenon: the political woman [ Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: the woman of the world [ women in literature [ women in politics [ the education of women [ George Eliot: woman as novelist [ and more |
Dall'interno del libro
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Pagina 7
... marriage of Abelard and Héloïse Marriage discovered Retirement of Héloïse and Abélard to separate convents His renewed labors · His brilliant success Persecution of Abélard 46 47 48 • 49 49 50 Letters to Héloïse . Héloïse cannot conquer ...
... marriage of Abelard and Héloïse Marriage discovered Retirement of Héloïse and Abélard to separate convents His renewed labors · His brilliant success Persecution of Abélard 46 47 48 • 49 49 50 Letters to Héloïse . Héloïse cannot conquer ...
Pagina 10
... Marriage with Scarron Governess of Montespan's children Introduction to the King . Her incipient influence over him • Contrast of Maintenon with Montespan 148 150 151 151 152 Friendship of the King for Madame de Maintenon 153 Made ...
... Marriage with Scarron Governess of Montespan's children Introduction to the King . Her incipient influence over him • Contrast of Maintenon with Montespan 148 150 151 151 152 Friendship of the King for Madame de Maintenon 153 Made ...
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... Marriage of Churchill and Sarah Jennings Colonel Churchill made a peer The Princess Anne Lady Churchill · Their friendship Coronation of William and Mary Character of William III . Treason of the Earl of Marlborough Energy and sagacity ...
... Marriage of Churchill and Sarah Jennings Colonel Churchill made a peer The Princess Anne Lady Churchill · Their friendship Coronation of William and Mary Character of William III . Treason of the Earl of Marlborough Energy and sagacity ...
Pagina 13
... marriage 234 Her remarkable beauty and grace 235 Her salons 235 Her popularity . 235 Courted by Napoleon . 236 Loss of property 238 Friendship with Madame de Staël 240 Incurs the hatred of Napoleon . 241 Friendship with Ballanche Madame ...
... marriage 234 Her remarkable beauty and grace 235 Her salons 235 Her popularity . 235 Courted by Napoleon . 236 Loss of property 238 Friendship with Madame de Staël 240 Incurs the hatred of Napoleon . 241 Friendship with Ballanche Madame ...
Pagina 14
... marriage O • Hatred of Napoleon Her banishment • Her residence in Switzerland Travels in Germany . Her work on literature Her book on Germany Its great merits German philosophy Visit to Italy Sismondi . " Corinne " Its popularity A ...
... marriage O • Hatred of Napoleon Her banishment • Her residence in Switzerland Travels in Germany . Her work on literature Her book on Germany Its great merits German philosophy Visit to Italy Sismondi . " Corinne " Its popularity A ...
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Exalted character | 87 |
Ascendency of Lady Marlborough | 193 |
Voluntary exile of Marlborough | 200 |
Sarah Duchess of Marlborough 221 | 202 |
Unhappiness of the Duchess | 216 |
Provençal poetry in its connection with chivalrous senti | 228 |
Her marriage | 234 |
Friendship with Madame de Staël | 240 |
His old age soothed by Récamier | 249 |
Coronation of Charles | 88 |
Incense offered to | 97 |
Declining days of the Duchess | 102 |
Pleasures of the body the aim of Paganism | 110 |
The age of Saint Theresa | 116 |
Catholic theology | 124 |
Inaugurated a new style in literature | 132 |
The Vision of St Therese | 132 |
Birth of Madame de Maintenon | 146 |
Friendship of the King for Madame de Maintenon | 153 |
Fr de S de la Mothe Fenelon | 154 |
Secret of Madame de Maintenons influence | 164 |
Madam de Maintenon | 165 |
66 | 174 |
Her death | 176 |
46 | 178 |
The Duchess of Marlborough compared with Madame | 181 |
Death of William III | 187 |
Reflections on her career | 192 |
Her death | 254 |
WOMAN IN LITERATURE | 263 |
Literary women | 266 |
HANNAH MORE | 278 |
Madame de Stael | 280 |
GEORGE ELIOT | 288 |
Progress of female education | 301 |
Garrick and His Wife | 308 |
Retirement to Cowslip Green | 311 |
George Eliot | 343 |
Nineteenth Century the age of novelists | 346 |
Appearance education and acquirements | 351 |
Mr Gilfils Love Story | 360 |
The Mill on the Floss | 367 |
Romola | 371 |
Felix Holt | 377 |
Theophrastus Such | 384 |
47 | 390 |
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