Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

JACQUELINE PASCAL (1625-T661)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 881 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

JACQUELINE See also:

PASCAL (1625-T661)  , See also:sister of Bla,ise See also:Pascal, was See also:born at Clermont-See also:Ferrand, See also:France, on the 4th of See also:October 1625 . She was a genuine See also:infant See also:prodigy, composing verses when only eight years, and a five-See also:act See also:comedy at eleven . In 1646 the See also:influence of her See also:brother converted her to See also:Jansenism . In 1652, she took the See also:veil, despite the strong opposition of her brother, and subsequently was largely instrumental in the latter's own final See also:conversion . She vehemently opposed the See also:attempt to compel the assent of the nuns to the Papal bulls condemning Jansenism, but was at last compelled to yield her own . This See also:blow, however, hastened her See also:death, which occurred at See also:Paris on the 4th of October 1661 .

End of Article: JACQUELINE PASCAL (1625-T661)
[back]
BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662)
[next]
PASCHAL (Paschalis)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.