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Early Modern Women and French Secular Networks

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Early modern French women’s patronage, alliances, and political and epistolary exchanges have been, and continue to be, an important focus of scholarly studies. The digital humanities have also recently allowed us to visualize early modern French women’s social networks through the quantitative analysis of their correspondences. Such networks, groups, or systems of interconnected people or things were central to communication and patronage, be they familial, political, religious, or intellectual. Additionally, women’s literary salons, coteries, and court circles, which functioned as collaborative networks, were key to their interactions and their contributions to literature and knowledge.

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    Julie D. Campbell

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Campbell, J.D., Larsen, A.R. (2023). Early Modern Women and French Secular Networks. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01537-4_314-4

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