Christina Queen of Sweden (1626–1689) has an established place in European cultural history, which appears to be built on her infamous deviations from whatwas expected of a female regent. In this chapter I want to assess some aspects ofthese deviations by rereading a selection of her 1,500 maxims collected by hersecretaries in the 1680s under the titlesL’Ouvrage de loisir[Work of leisure] andLes sentiments héroïques[Heroic sentiments] in order to understand what early modern freethinking could be for a woman.