{"product_id":"the-visionary-queen-justice-reform-and-the-labyrinth-in-marguerite-de-navarre-paperback-softback-9781644533086","title":"The Visionary Queen; Justice, Reform, and the Labyrinth in Marguerite De Navarre (Paperback \/ softback) 9781644533086","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Visionary Queen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJustice, Reform, and the Labyrinth in Marguerite De Navarre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTheresa Brock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781644533086\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e238 pages, none\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Visionary Queen\u003c\/i\u003e affirms Marguerite de Navarre's status not only as a political figure, author, or proponent of nonschismatic reform but also as a visionary. In her life and writings, the queen of Navarre dissected the injustices that her society and its institutions perpetuated against women. We also see evidence that she used her literary texts, especially the \u003ci\u003eHeptaméron\u003c\/i\u003e, as an exploratory space in which to generate a creative vision for institutional reform. The \u003ci\u003eHeptaméron\u003c\/i\u003e's approach to reform emerges from statistical analysis of the text's seventy-two tales, which reveals new insights into trends within the work, including the different categories of wrongdoing by male, institutional representatives from the Church and aristocracy, as well as the varying responses to injustice that characters in the tales employ as they pursue reform. Throughout its chapters, \u003ci\u003eThe Visionary Queen\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds the trope of the labyrinth, a potent symbol in early modern Europe that encapsulated both the fallen world and redemption, two themes that underlie Marguerite's project of reform.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction. Marguerite de Navarre: \u003ci\u003eThe Visionary Queen \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Labyrinthine Motifs in Marguerite's Era, Endeavors, and Spiritual Outlook\u003cbr\u003e  1. The Labyrinth as Structure and Symbol: \u003ci\u003eFrom Experience to Writing in the Medieval and Early Modern Contexts \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  2. From the Labyrinth, a Vision: \u003ci\u003eCompeting Influences on Marguerite's Religious, Political, and Creative Endeavors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  3. \"We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight\": \u003ci\u003eExegesis, Pilgrimage, and Labyrinthine Connections in the Reformation \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Part II: The \u003ci\u003eHeptaméron\u003c\/i\u003e as Textual Labyrinth\u003cbr\u003e  4. Into the Labyrinth: \u003ci\u003eMirroring Sin, Prompting Reform \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5. Down Tortuous Paths: \u003ci\u003eExploring Approaches to Justice and Reform \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  6. Above the Labyrinth: \u003ci\u003eA Higher Vision for Reforming the Self and Society \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion. The Empirical Reader at Labyrinth's End: \u003ci\u003eResponding to Marguerite's Vision \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Notes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Index \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Delaware Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681286975768,"sku":"9781644533086","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-visionary-queen-justice-reform-and-the-labyrinth-in-marguerite-de-navarre-paperback-softback-9781644533086","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}