TY - BOOK AU - Pascal,Jacqueline AU - Conley,John J. TI - A rule for children and other writings T2 - The other voice in early modern Europe SN - 9780226648347 (electronic bk.) AV - BX4735A25 2003eb .P37 U1 - 282/.092 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Jansenists KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Catholic KW - bisacsh KW - Jansenisme KW - gtt KW - Opvoeding KW - France KW - History KW - Electronic books KW - რელიგია-- KW - იანსენიზმი N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163) and index N2 - Jacqueline Pascal (1625-1661) was the sister of Blaise Pascal and a nun at the Jansenist Port-Royal convent in France. She was also a prolific writer who argued for the spiritual rights of women and the right of conscientious objection to royal, ecclesiastic, and family authority. This book presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her witty adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women, A Rule for Children, which drew on her experiences as schoolmistress at Port-Royal. Readers will also find Pascal's devotional treatise, which match UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=212675 ER -