Les correspondances des dames van Hogendorp (fin XVIIIe-début XIXe siècles), une mine d’informations sur l’éducation des patriciennes néerlandaises

Abstract

The correspondence of the Frisian aristocrat Carolina van Hogendorp, née Van Haren (1741-1812), and that of her daughter Annette (1766-1802) abound with information on the education of the Dutch upper classes, particularly its female members. The letters are mainly written in French and illustrate the prominent use of that language in Holland, which by the end of the eighteenth century was being encroached by German and English. They equally provide interesting material as to the quality of their command of written French.