Heroic Hearts: Sentiment, Saints, and Authority in Modern France

Heroic Hearts: Sentiment, Saints, and Authority in Modern France
ISBN-10
1496219619
ISBN-13
9781496219619
Series
Heroic Hearts
Category
History
Pages
366
Language
English
Published
2021-06
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Author
Jennifer J. Popiel

Description

"Heroic Hearts: Sentiment, Saints, and Authority in Modern France examines how young women, authorized by a widespread cultural discourse that privileged public action over love and marriage, sought to change the world"--

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