Beacon Lights of HistoryCosimo, Inc., 2009 M01 1 - 420 pages First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of European and American history, exploring the past from "the old pagan civilizations" to modern leaders and cultures on both sides of the Atlantic. This replica edition features all the original illustrations, hard to come by in other recent versions. It will delight both readers of history and lovers of beautiful, classic books. Volume VII: "Great Women" covers: [ Heloise and love [ Joan of Arc and heroic women [ Saint Theresa and religious enthusiasm [ Madame de Maintenon: the political woman [ Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough: the woman of the world [ women in literature [ women in politics [ the education of women [ George Eliot: woman as novelist [ and more |
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... Marriage discovered Retirement of Héloïse and Abélard to separate convents His renewed labors · His brilliant success Persecution of Abélard 46 47 48 • 49 49 50 Letters to Héloïse . Héloïse cannot conquer her love Her.
... Marriage discovered Retirement of Héloïse and Abélard to separate convents His renewed labors · His brilliant success Persecution of Abélard 46 47 48 • 49 49 50 Letters to Héloïse . Héloïse cannot conquer her love Her.
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... brilliant and fascinating as were those queens ; but there is glory in the memory of Héloïse . There is no woman in French history of whom the nation is prouder ; revered , in spite of early follies , by the most austere and venerated ...
... brilliant and fascinating as were those queens ; but there is glory in the memory of Héloïse . There is no woman in French history of whom the nation is prouder ; revered , in spite of early follies , by the most austere and venerated ...
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... brilliant ; but the qualities of a great soul shone above the radi- ance of her wit . She was bright , amiable , affectionate , and sympathetic , the type of an interesting woman . The ecclesiastic was justly proud of her , and gave to ...
... brilliant ; but the qualities of a great soul shone above the radi- ance of her wit . She was bright , amiable , affectionate , and sympathetic , the type of an interesting woman . The ecclesiastic was justly proud of her , and gave to ...
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... brilliant men who worshipped her . In truth , Héloïse was a prodigy . She was vastly superior to the men who surrounded her , most of whom were pedants , or sophists , or bigots ; dignitaries indeed , but men who exalted the accidental ...
... brilliant men who worshipped her . In truth , Héloïse was a prodigy . She was vastly superior to the men who surrounded her , most of whom were pedants , or sophists , or bigots ; dignitaries indeed , but men who exalted the accidental ...
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... brilliant and interesting man whom the Middle Ages produced , not so profound as Anselm , or learned as Peter Lombard , or logical as Thomas Aquinas , or acute as Albertus Magnus , but the most eloquent expounder of philosophy of whom I ...
... brilliant and interesting man whom the Middle Ages produced , not so profound as Anselm , or learned as Peter Lombard , or logical as Thomas Aquinas , or acute as Albertus Magnus , but the most eloquent expounder of philosophy of whom I ...
Contents
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Death | 47 |
Loves of Héloïse and Abélard analyzed | 50 |
His brilliant success | 64 |
Hesitation of the king | 71 |
Exalted character | 87 |
Ascendency of Lady Marlborough | 193 |
Voluntary exile of Marlborough | 200 |
Sarah Duchess of Marlborough 221 | 202 |
Unhappiness of the Duchess | 216 |
Provençal poetry in its connection with chivalrous senti | 228 |
Her marriage | 234 |
Friendship with Madame de Staël | 240 |
His old age soothed by Récamier | 249 |
Coronation of Charles | 88 |
Incense offered to | 97 |
Declining days of the Duchess | 102 |
Pleasures of the body the aim of Paganism | 110 |
The age of Saint Theresa | 116 |
Catholic theology | 124 |
Inaugurated a new style in literature | 132 |
The Vision of St Therese | 132 |
Birth of Madame de Maintenon | 146 |
Friendship of the King for Madame de Maintenon | 153 |
Fr de S de la Mothe Fenelon | 154 |
Secret of Madame de Maintenons influence | 164 |
Madam de Maintenon | 165 |
66 | 174 |
Her death | 176 |
46 | 178 |
The Duchess of Marlborough compared with Madame | 181 |
Death of William III | 187 |
Reflections on her career | 192 |
Her death | 254 |
WOMAN IN LITERATURE | 263 |
Literary women | 266 |
HANNAH MORE | 278 |
Madame de Stael | 280 |
GEORGE ELIOT | 288 |
Progress of female education | 301 |
Garrick and His Wife | 308 |
Retirement to Cowslip Green | 311 |
George Eliot | 343 |
Nineteenth Century the age of novelists | 346 |
Appearance education and acquirements | 351 |
Mr Gilfils Love Story | 360 |
The Mill on the Floss | 367 |
Romola | 371 |
Felix Holt | 377 |
Theophrastus Such | 384 |
47 | 390 |
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