Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680) was the daughter of the Elector
Palatine, Frederick V, King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth Stuart, the
daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland and England. A princess
born into one of the most prominent Protestant dynasties of the
age, Elisabeth was one of the great female intellectuals of
seventeenth-century Europe. This book examines her life and
thought. It is the story of an exiled princess, a grief-stricken
woman whose family was beset by tragedy and whose life was marked
by poverty, depression, and chronic illness. It is also the story
of how that same woman's strength of character, unswerving faith,
and extraordinary mind saw her emerge as one of the most renowned
scholars of the age. It is the story of how one woman navigated the
tumultuous waters of seventeenth-century politics, religion, and
scholarship, fought for her family's ancestral rights, and helped
established one of the first networks of female scholars in Western
Europe. Drawing on her correspondence with Rene Descartes, as well
as the letters, diaries, and writings of her family, friends, and
intellectual associates, this book contributes to the recovery of
Elisabeth's place in the history of philosophy. It demonstrates
that although she is routinely marginalized in contemporary
accounts of seventeenth-century thought, overshadowed by the more
famous male philosophers she corresponded with, or dismissed as
little more than a "learned maiden," Elisabeth was a philosopher in
her own right who made a significant contribution to modern
understandings of the relationship between the body and the mind,
challenged dominant accounts of the nature of the emotions, and
provided insightful commentaries on subjects as varied as the
nature and causes of illness to the essence of virtue and
Machiavelli's The Prince.
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