The Education of a Christian Woman

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The Education of a Christian Woman is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Juan Luis Vives that outlines an influential program for the moral, intellectual, and religious education of women in Christian society.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
didactic work ⓘ
humanist treatise ⓘ
aim to integrate humanist learning with Christian virtue ⓘ
to shape the character of Christian women ⓘ
author Juan Luis Vives ⓘ
authorNationality Spanish ⓘ
authorOccupation humanist scholar ⓘ
authorReligion Catholic ⓘ
circulation widely read in early modern Europe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
emphasizes chastity ⓘ
learning within a moral framework ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
piety ⓘ
focus intellectual education of women ⓘ
moral education of women ⓘ
religious education of women ⓘ
genre educational treatise ⓘ
moral treatise ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
hasPart guidance on female literacy ⓘ
guidance on marriage and family life ⓘ
guidance on moral conduct ⓘ
guidance on piety and devotion ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Modern period ⓘ
historicalSignificance important example of 16th-century humanist pedagogy ⓘ
key text in the history of women’s education ⓘ
impact influential in debates on women’s education ⓘ
used as a model for female education in Christian Europe ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
classical humanism ⓘ
intendedAudience Christian women ⓘ
educators of women ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject Christian morality ⓘ
education of women ⓘ
female virtue ⓘ
humanist pedagogy ⓘ
movement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
originalTitle De institutione feminae Christianae ⓘ
philosophicalPerspective Christian humanism ⓘ
publicationCentury 16th century ⓘ
relatedWork On the Education of a Christian Prince ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
settingDescribed Christian household ⓘ
marriage in Christian society ⓘ

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Institutio principis Christiani → relatedWork → The Education of a Christian Woman ⓘ