HIS326Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Usera, Jeanne Mance
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Lecture #2: women in france and new france o. Pre-revolutionary france (1500-1789) was governed by aristocratic values (family name, military honor, public service, noble hospitality and manners: this allowed certain women to exert unusual political influence o. In pre-modern rigidly hierarchical societies, class identity could be more important than gender identity. It allowed more overlap in female and male rights and occupations too. Laws that only let aristocrats to wear certain kinds of silk, lace, carry swords. Overlap in work that people do: examples: In france tradition going back to joan of arc. Idea of noble blood: apply to them: peasants valiant vile person different blood and different laws that. 17th canada was founded at a time when a catholic religious revival also influenced the french aristocracy: these catholic aristocratic values tended to outweigh gender differences and permitted strong female roles in france and in canada. To be a noble man one of the criteria was to have a lineage.
