{"product_id":"9783032284990","title":"European Queens and the Translation of Juan Luis Vives, 1524-1599 Instructing Women","description":"\u003ch3\u003eQueenship and Power\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEuropean Queens and the Translation of Juan Luis Vives, 1524-1599\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInstructing Women\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDarcy Kern\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Great Britain \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the close ties between European queens and Juan Luis Vives’s \u003cem\u003eDe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003einstitutione foeminae Christianae \u003c\/em\u003eand its translations. This volume was the most popular instructional manual for women in sixteenth-century Europe. Vives dedicated the book to Catherine of Aragon, queen of England as the wife of Henry VIII. Richard Hyrde did the same with his English translation, while Juan Justiniano dedicated his Spanish translation to Germaine de Foix, dowager queen of Aragon as the wife of Ferdinand II. This volume restores women to the history of \u003cem\u003eDe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003einstitutione \u003c\/em\u003ethrough an analysis of its printed English and Spanish translations and their contexts through 1599. In doing so, it highlights royal women’s intellectual, cultural, and political associations with Vives’s book, especially regarding humanism, women’s education, and public authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarcy Kern is an independent scholar of Western European intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032284990\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990671900812,"sku":"9783032284990","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032284990","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}