Queen Christina of Sweden, the European : contributions to seminars 2014-2015.

"What can citizens of modern Europe learn from Queen Christina? A century before Diderot and Voltaire she advocated Enlightenment, tolerance, peaceful coexistence and equality. She refused to accept the traditional feminine role of the 17th century. Her complex life and destiny show us how cultural values in the end are stronger than armies. She transcended divisions of nations, languages and religions. She embodied European peaceful integration 300 years before the European Union, setting an indisputable example of our identity and culture to all citizens of Europe, specially important for the younger generations. The contributions from the project seminars 2014 and 2015 reflect the variety and complexity of Queen Christina as well as the never ending fascination for her and her legacy. The texts span from free fiction to Pascal's calculator, from sweeping historical lines to analysis of a single painting, from eloquence to epigram. Welcome to a modern session of Academia reale and to indulge in European culture and languages, vehicles of deep insights and irrefutable arguments against intolerance and ignorance. Mats Liljefors, project leader."-- Provided by publisher.