| Surname | Romilly | |
| First Name | Marie-Joséphine-Christine | |
| Gender | female | |
| Place of birth | Geneva | |
| Place of death | Geneva | |
| Year of birth | 1770 | |
| Year of death | 1823 | |
| Profession | ||
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Geneva | |
| Century | 18 | |
| Biographical information | Daughter of Dorothée Romilly-Argand and Jean-Edmé Romilly; a pastor who wrote articles for Diderot's Encyclopedia. Jean-Edmé died when Marie-Christine was nine. In 1792 she married the notary, Gédéon Mallet. | |
| Title | 11ème Cahier Ce 27 octobre 1788 25ème Cahier Ce 29 Septembre 1789, Troinex. | |
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| Period writen |
27 October 1788 - 6 December 1788 / 29 September 1789 - 24 October 1789 |
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| Period covered |
27 October 1788 - 6 December 1788 / 29 September 1789 - 24 October 1789 |
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| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | Two remaining notebooks (11th and 25th) which belonged to a series of notebooks that are now lost, 11.5 x 17 cm, 60 et 68 p. |
| Content | Marie-Christine was still a young girl (18) when she kept the two notebooks that have been preserved. She writes of her daily activities: lessons, reading, social visits, and the subject of discussions with her friends and family. She speaks of her feelings and tries to improve herself by listing her faults. She also records news of the French Revolution. |
| Place of deposit | AEG |
| Classification | 3e série Romilly |
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This manuscript has been published : MEYER-LEOPOLD Christiane, "Rien de remarquable aujourd’hui.", Analyse et mise en contexte des fragments du journal intime de Christine Romilly, une jeune fille genevoise de la fin du XVIIIe siècle, Faculté des Sciences économiques et sociales, Département d’histoire économique, Université de Genève, 1994, p. 32-72. |
| Secondary litterature |
Meyer-Leopold Christiane, "Rien de remarquable aujourd’hui." Analyse et mise en contexte des fragments du journal intime de Christine Romilly, une jeune fille genevoise de la fin du XVIIIe siècle, Faculté des Sciences économiques et sociales, Département d’histoire économique, Université de Genève, 1994. Michaëlis Juliette, "L’usage du monde et une chambre à soi", in : En Attendant le prince charmant : l’éducation des jeunes filles à Genève, 1740-1970, Chantal Renevey-Fry (dir.), Genève : Service de la recherche en éducation : Musée d’ethnographie, 1997, p. 37-58. |
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| Author | SMP |
