Madeleine Patin

This genre was popular in Europe during the period, and was one to which French writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau made contributions.

She published Christian and Moral Reflections on the Epistles of St. Paul in 1680, which she dedicated to Empress Eleanora of Austria.

[2] This work is still included in published anthologies today.

She was made a member of the Galileiana Academy of Arts and Science, as were her husband and their two daughters, Charlotte-Catherine and Gabrielle-Charlotte.

She was also made a member of the Academy of Ricovrati learned society of Padua, Italy.