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| Introduction to the Series | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Key to Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Prelude to the Other Voice in Vives A Note on the Text Preface to the Book | |
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| "The Education of aChristian Woman" | |
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| Book I—Which Treats of Unmarried Young Women | |
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| On the Education of the Young Woman as a Child | |
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| On the Later Years of Childhood | |
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| On Her Early Training | |
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| On the Instruction of Young Girls | |
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| Which Writers Are to Be Read and Which Not to Be Read | |
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| On Virginity | |
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| How the Young Woman Will Treat Her Body | |
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| On Adornment | |
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| On the Solitude of the Virgin | |
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| On the Virtues of a Woman and the Examples She Should Imitate | |
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| How She Will Behave in Public | |
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| On Dancing | |
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| On Love Affairs | |
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| On the Love Befitting a Virgin | |
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| On Seeking a Spouse Book II—Which Treats of Married Women | |
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| What Thoughts Should Occupy the Mind of a WomanWhen She Marries | |
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| Two Points of Greatest Importance for the Married Woman | |
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| How She Should Behave toward Her Husband | |
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| On the Concord of Married Couples | |
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| How She Will Conduct Herself Privately with Her Husband | |
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| On Jealousy | |
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| On Adornments | |
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| On Behavior in Public | |
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| How She Should Behave at Home | |
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| On Children and the Care That Must Be Taken of Them | |
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| On the Twice-Married and Stepmothers | |
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| How She Will Behave with Her Relatives and In-Laws | |
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| How She Is to Behave with Her Married Son or Daughter,with Her Son-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law | |
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| On a Married Woman of Advanced Years Book III—On Widows | |
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| On the Mourning of Widows | |
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| On the Husband’s Funeral | |
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| On the Memory of One’s Husband | |
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| On the Chastity and the Moral Rectitude of a Widow | |
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| How They Should Conduct Themselves at Home | |
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| How She Should Behave in Public | |
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| On Second Marriages | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |