The Short Chronicle: A Poor Clare's Account of the Reformation of Geneva (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)

246 Pages·2006·1.01 MB·English

by  Jeanne de Jussie

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THE SHORT CHRONICLE
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THE
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RECENT BOOKS IN THE SERIES
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MARIAGAETANAAGNESIETALIA LOUISELABÉ
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MADAMEDEMAINTENON
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The Inquisition of Francisca:
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Pietism and Women’s Autobiography in
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An Anthology Becker-Cantarino
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Selected Letters, Orations, and
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T H E S H O RT C H R O N I C L E
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A Poor Clare’s Account of the
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27 Jussie,Jeannede,1503–1561.
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Theshortchronicle:aPoorClare’saccountofthereformationof
29 Geneva/JeannedeJussie;editedandtranslatedbyCarrieF.Klaus.
30 p.cm.—(TheothervoiceinearlymodernEurope)
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ISBN0-226-41705-0(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN0-226-41706-9(pbk.:alk.paper)
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1.ReformationSwitzerland—Geneva—Sources.2.Geneva(Switzerland)—Church
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CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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14 ItisapleasuretobringJeannedeJussie’schronicletoanEnglish-speaking
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16 sible. I thank Yvette-M. Smith, who first mentioned Jussie to me and who
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21 manuscriptsandtoearlyeditionsofthetext.IalsothankthestaffoftheBib-
22 liothèqueNationaledeFranceinParis.Ithanktheorganizersof,andpartici-
23 pantsin,the“AttendingtoEarlyModernWomen”conferencehostedbythe [-7], (1)
24 CenterforRenaissanceandBaroqueStudiesattheUniversityofMarylandin
25 2000forgivingmetheopportunitytopresentanddiscussmyearlyworkon
26 Jussie.Aboveall,IamgratefultoAlbertRabil,Jr.,forhisdedication,encour-
27 agement,carefulediting,andgoodcheer.Ithanktheanonymousreviewer
28 fortheUniversityofChicagoPressformanyhelpfullexicalandbibliograph-
29 ical suggestions. Finally, I thank DePauw University for its support of this
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THE OTHER VOICE IN
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EARLY MODERN EUROPE:
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9 INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
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14 InwesternEuropeandtheUnitedStates,womenarenearingequalityin
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22 Theirsisthe“othervoice,”incontradistinctiontothe“firstvoice,”thevoice
23 oftheeducatedmenwhocreatedWesternculture.Coincidentwithageneral [-9], (3)
24 reshapingofEuropeancultureintheperiod1300–1700(calledtheRenais-
25 sanceorearlymodernperiod),questionsoffemaleequalityandopportunity
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27 The other voice emerged against the backdrop of a three-thousand-
28 yearhistoryofthederogationofwomenrootedinthecivilizationsrelated
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34 viewsofwomen’snatureinheritedbyearlymodernEuropeansandthenew
35 traditionthatthe“othervoice”calledintobeingtobegintochallengereign-
36 ingassumptions.Thisreviewshouldserveasaframeworkforunderstanding
37 thetextspublishedintheseriestheOtherVoiceinEarlyModernEurope.
38 Introductions specific to each text and author follow this essay in all the
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