Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Principal Abbreviations, pg. x*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter One: Family and Household Education, pg. 18*Chapter Two: Language and Letters, pg. 68*Chapter Three: The Academy, pg. 123*Chapter Four: Entering the World, pg. 169*Conclusion, pg. 209*Bibliography, pg. 213*Index, pg. 233

Reviews

"This fine study of aristocratic education fits well into the larger debate among historians concerning the fate of noble power, prestige, and wealth in seventeenth-century France... [Motley's] conclusions and astute use of diverse sources will positively influence future work on early modern education in particular and aristocratic life in general."--The Historian