J.L. Vives: De Institutione Feminae Christianae, Liber Secundus & Liber Tertius : : Introduction, Critical Edition, Translation and Notes / / by Juan Luis Vives ; (Edited by) Charles Fantazzi, Constant Matheeussen.

• Superior document: Selected Works of Juan Luis Vives ; 7
• VerfasserIn: Vives, Juan Luis,
• TeilnehmendeR: Fantazzi, Charles,; Matheeussen, Constant,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Selected Works of Juan Luis Vives ; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)

Vives' tract on the education of Women, De Institutione Feminae Christianae (1524, revised 1538) became a model for cunduct books in various Protestant traditions and as such has always been of interest to historians of education. However, the treatise also made a very important contribution to the querelle des femmes of its time and has consequently generated much interest among modern historians of women and gender. It consists of 3 books, one for each stage of woman's life -maidenhood, marriage and widowhood. The only English translation of the text on offer till now was the inaccurate and free version of Richard Hyrde (a friend of Thomas More), published early in the 20th century by Foster Watson, but now unavailable. De Institutione Feminae Christianae, 2, contains the critical edition of the Latin text of Books II and III with a double apparatus and a facing-page English translation with notes. It starts with a special introduction to this edition. Volume 1 covering Book 1 was published in 1996. By publishing the 2nd volume the complete text of this important treatise by Vives is now available.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Abbreviations used in the introduction, apparatus and notes -- Sigla -- LIBER II -- Cap. I. Quid cogitare debeat quae nubit -- Cap. II. Duo maxima in muliere coniugata -- Cap. III. Quomodo se erga maritum habebit -- Cap. IV. De concordia coniugum -- Cap. V. Quomodo privatim se cum marito habere debet -- Cap. VI. De zelotypia -- Cap. VII. De ornamentis -- Cap. VIII. De publico -- Cap. IX. Quomodo agendum domi -- Cap. X. De liberis et quae circa illos cura -- Cap. XI. De bis nuptis et novercis -- Cap. XII. Quomodo se geret cum consanguineis et affinibus -- Cap. XIII. Quomodo cum filio aut filia coniugata cum genero et nuru -- Cap. XIV. De matre familias provectioris aetatis -- LIBER III -- Cap. I. De luctu viduarum -- Cap. II. De funere mariti -- Cap. III. De memoria mariti -- Cap. IV. De continentia et honestate viduae -- Cap. V. Quomodo agendum domi -- Cap. VI. Quomodo foris -- Cap. VII. De secundis nuptiis -- Appendix -- Index nominum -- Index locorum -- Verba memorabilia.