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The memoirs of Hortense (1646-1699) and of Marie (1639-1715)
Mancini, nieces of the powerful Cardinal Mazarin and members of the
court of Louis XIV, represent the earliest examples in France of
memoirs published by women under their own names during their
lifetimes. Both unhappily married--Marie had also fled the
aftermath of her failed affair with the king--the sisters chose to
leave their husbands for life on the road, a life quite rare for
women of their day.
Through their writings, the Mancinis sought to rehabilitate their
reputations and reclaim the right to define their public images
themselves, rather than leave the stories of their lives to the
intrigues of the court--and to their disgruntled ex-husbands. First
translated in 1676 and 1678 and credited largely to male redactors,
the two memoirs reemerge here in an accessible English translation
that chronicles the beginnings of women's rights to personal
independence within the confines of an otherwise circumscribed
early modern aristocratic society.
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