AND

FAMILIES.

BY

J. MICHELET.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH

(THIRD EDITION),

WITH THE AUTHOR'S PERMISSION,

BY

C. COCKS,

BACHELIER ÈS LETTRES, AND PROFESSOR (BREVETÉ) OF THE

LIVING LANGUAGES, IN THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF
FRANCE.

LONDON:

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LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE, New-Street-Square.

We ought to support Woman, spiritually and materially xxxi

We shall ever be her Debtors

Xxxviii

How the Unity of the Family Circle will be strengthened xlvii

Division of the Work

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PART I.

ON DIRECTION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

CHAPTER I.

Religious Reaction in 1600

Influence of the Jesuits over Women and Children

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