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Jeanne Dumée as Astronomer and Woman in Seventeenth-Century France

David Aubin

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As the author of a manuscript defending the Copernican system in 1680, Jeanne Dumée is often cited among the few women who practiced astronomy in early-modern France. However, her reputation is largely founded on a myth that was in place even before her work was available to the public. After her manuscript resurfaced at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, it took a long time for people to recognize that it hardly was original at all, a misunderstanding that is still leading some historians astray. In this paper, attempts are made to understand more about Dumée’s life and work, especially through a careful reading of her work and of her sources. It is argued that a careful rendering of Dumée’s voice may provide clues for a better understanding of astronomy’s place in early-modern women’s sociability.
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halshs-01297686 , version 1 (04-04-2016)

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David Aubin. Jeanne Dumée as Astronomer and Woman in Seventeenth-Century France : The Myth, the Fraud, and Her Lost Voice. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2016, ⟨10.1177/0021828616660049⟩. ⟨halshs-01297686⟩
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