Perspectives on gender, class, and politics in the Heptaméron
by
Elizabeth Chesney Zegura
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptaméron, composed in the 1540s and first published posthumously in 1558 and 1559, has long been an interpretive puzzle. De Navarre (1492-1549), sister of King Francis I of France, was a controversial figure in her lifetime. Her evangelical activities and proximity to...