The Rule Of Women In Early Modern Europe

Author : Merry E. Wiesner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0521778220

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Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe by Merry E. Wiesner Pdf

This is a major new textbook, designed for students in all disciplines seeking an introduction to the very latest research on all aspects of women's lives in Europe from 1500 to 1750, and on the development of the notions of masculinity and femininity. The coverage is geographically broad, ranging from Spain to Scandinavia, and from Russia to Ireland, and the topics investigated include the female life-cycle, literacy, women's economic role, sexuality, artistic creations, female piety - and witchcraft - and the relationship between gender and power. To aid students each chapter contains extensive notes on further reading (but few footnotes), and the approach throughout is designed to render the subject in as accessible and stimulating manner as possible. Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe is suitable for usage on numerous courses in women's history, early modern European history, and comparative history.

Author : Anne J. Cruz,Mihoko Suzuki
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780252076169

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The Rule of Women in Early Modern Europe by Anne J. Cruz,Mihoko Suzuki Pdf

A transnational comparison of women rulers and women's sovereignty throughout Europe

Author : Christine Meek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Renaissance
ISBN : UCSC:32106016212828

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Women in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe by Christine Meek Pdf

Author : Cissie C. Fairchilds
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004832762

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Women in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700 by Cissie C. Fairchilds Pdf

In this wide-ranging volume, Cissie Fairchilds rejects conventional accounts of the Early Modern period that claim it was a period of diminishing power and rights for European women. Instead, she shows that it was a period of positive changes that challenged and led to the eventual destruction of traditional misogynist notions that women were inferior to men. The book explores the historical basis of patriarchal views of women and describes the great intellectual debate over the nature and roles of women taking place at the time. It gives an account of women's daily lives and looks at women's work during the period. The book also deals with the role of women in religion and with witchcraft and the prosecution of women as witches. The book concludes by examining the relationship between women and the State.

Author : Penny Richards,Jessica Munns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317875512

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Gender, Power and Privilege in Early Modern Europe by Penny Richards,Jessica Munns Pdf

Surveying court life and urban life, warfare, religion, and peace, this book provides a comprehensive history of how gender was experienced in early modern Europe. Gender, Power and Privilege in Early Modern Europe shows how definitions of sexuality and gender roles operated and more particularly, how such definitions--and the activities they generated and reflected--articulated concerns inside a given culture. This means that the volume embodies an interdisciplinary approach: literature as well as history, religious studies, economics, and gender studies form the basis of this cultural history of early modern Europe. There are new approaches to understanding famous figures, such as Elizabeth I, James VI and I and his wife Anna of Denmark; Francis I; St. Teresa of Avila. Other chapters investigate topics such as militarism and court culture, and wider groups, such as urban citizens and noble families. The collection also studies ways in which gender and sexual orientation were represented in literature, as well as examinations of the theoretical issues involved in studying history from the angle of gender.

Author : Merry E. Wiesner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0521771056

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Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe by Merry E. Wiesner Pdf

This is a major new edition of the most stimulating and authoritative textbook on early modern women currently available. Merry Wiesner has updated and expanded her prize-winning study; she summarises the very latest scholarship in her chapters and bibliographies, adding new sections on topics such as sexuality, masculinity, the impact of colonialism, and women's role as consumers. Other themes investigated include the female life-cycle, literacy, women's economic role, artistic creation, female piety - and witchcraft - and the relationship between gender and power. The clear and helpful structure of the first edition remains: it reflects the tripartite division of the self - mind, body, and spirit - traditional in western philosophy. Coverage is geographically broad; the second edition includes longer discussions of the border areas, such as Russia, Ireland, and the Iberian peninsula. Accessible, engrossing, and lively, this book will be of central importance for courses in gender history, early modern Europe, and comparative history.

Author : Amanda L. Capern
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000709599

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The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe by Amanda L. Capern Pdf

The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of the lives of women in early-modern Europe between 1450 and 1750. Covering a period of dramatic political and cultural change, the book challenges the current contours and chronologies of European history by observing them through the lens of female experience. The collaborative research of this book covers four themes: the affective world; practical knowledge for life; politics and religion; arts, science and humanities. These themes are interwoven through the chapters, which encompass all areas of women’s lives: sexuality, emotions, health and wellbeing, educational attainment, litigation and the practical and leisured application of knowledge, skills and artistry from medicine to theology. The intellectual lives of women, through reading and writing, and their spirituality and engagement with the material world, are also explored. So too is the sheer energy of female work, including farming and manufacture, skilled craft and artwork, theatrical work and scientific enquiry. The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe revises the chronological and ideological parameters of early-modern European history by opening the reader’s eyes to an exciting age of female productivity, social engagement and political activism across European and transatlantic boundaries. It is essential reading for students and researchers of early-modern history, the history of women and gender studies.

Author : James Daybell,Svante Norrhem
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134883981

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Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800 by James Daybell,Svante Norrhem Pdf

Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender, power, and political authority and influence. This collection offers a rethinking of what constituted ‘politics’ and a reconsideration of how men and women operated as part of political culture. It demonstrates how underlying structures could enable or constrain political action, and how political power and influence could be exercised through social and cultural practices. The book is divided into four parts - diplomacy, gifts and the politics of exchange; socio-economic structures; gendered politics at court; and voting and political representations – each of which looks at a series of interrelated themes exploring the ways in which political culture is inflected by questions of gender. In addition to examples drawn from across Europe, including Austria, the Dutch Republic, the Italian States and Scandinavia, the volume also takes a transnational comparative approach, crossing national borders, while the concluding chapter, by Merry Wiesner-Hanks, offers a global perspective on the field and encourages comparative analysis both chronologically and geographically. As the first collection to draw together early modern gender and political culture, this book is the perfect starting point for students exploring this fascinating topic.

Author : S. Jansen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230611238

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Debating Women, Politics, and Power in Early Modern Europe by S. Jansen Pdf

The sixteenth century was an age of politically powerful women. Queens, acting in their own right, and female regents, acting on behalf of their male relatives, governed much of Western Europe. Yet even as women ruled - and ruled effectively - their right to do so was hotly contested. Men s voices have long dominated this debate, but the recovery of texts by women now allows their voices, long silenced, to be heard once again. Debating Women, Politics, and Power in Early Modern Europe is a study of texts and textual production in the construction of gender, society, and politics in the early modern period. Jansen explores the "gynecocracy" debate and the larger humanist response to the challenge posed by female sovereignty.

Author : Estelle Paranque,Nate Probasco,Claire Jowitt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319571591

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Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe by Estelle Paranque,Nate Probasco,Claire Jowitt Pdf

This collection brings together essays examining the international influence of queens, other female rulers, and their representatives from 1450 through 1700, an era of expanding colonial activity and sea trade. As Europe rose in prominence geopolitically, a number of important women—such as Queen Elizabeth I of England, Catherine de Medici, Caterina Cornaro of Cyprus, and Isabel Clara Eugenia of Austria—exerted influence over foreign affairs. Traditionally male-dominated spheres such as trade, colonization, warfare, and espionage were, sometimes for the first time, under the control of powerful women. This interdisciplinary volume examines how they navigated these activities, and how they are represented in literature. By highlighting the links between female power and foreign affairs, Colonization, Piracy, and Trade in Early Modern Europe contributes to a fuller understanding of early modern queenship.

Author : Margaret L. King,Albert Rabil Jr.
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226436333

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Teaching Other Voices by Margaret L. King,Albert Rabil Jr. Pdf

The books in The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series chronicle the heretofore neglected stories of women between 1400 and 1700 with the aim of reviving scholarly interest in their thought as expressed in a full range of genres: treatises, orations, and history; lyric, epic, and dramatic poetry; novels and novellas; letters, biography, and autobiography; philosophy and science. Teaching Other Voices: Women and Religion in Early Modern Europe complements these rich volumes by identifying themes useful in literature, history, religion, women's studies, and introductory humanities courses. The volume's introduction, essays, and suggested course materials are intended as guides for teachers--but will serve the needs of students and scholars as well.

Author : S. Jansen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780230602113

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The Monstrous Regiment of Women by S. Jansen Pdf

In The Monstrous Regiment of Women , Sharon Jansen explores the case for and against female rule by examining the arguments made by theorists from Sir John Fortescue (1461) through Bishop Bossuet (1680) interweaving their arguments with references to the most well-known early modern queens. The 'story' of early modern European political history looks very different if, instead of focusing on kings and their sons, we see successive generations of powerful women and the shifting political alliances of the period from a very different, and revealing, perspective.

Author : Margaret W. Ferguson,A. R. Buck,Nancy E. Wright
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802087574

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Women, Property, and the Letters of the Law in Early Modern England by Margaret W. Ferguson,A. R. Buck,Nancy E. Wright Pdf

Women, Property, and the Letters of the Law in Early Modern England turns to these points of departure for the study of women's legal status and property relationships in the early modern period.

Author : Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108752909

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Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks Pdf

This fourth edition of Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey features significant changes to every chapter, designed to reflect the newest scholarship. Global issues have been threaded throughout the book, while still preserving the clear thematic structure of previous editions. Thus readers will find expanded discussions of gendered racial hierarchies, migration, missionaries, and consumer goods. In addition, there is enhanced coverage of recent theoretical directions; the ideas, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people; early industrialization; women's learning, letter writing, and artistic activities; emotions and sentiments; single women and same-sex relations; masculinities; mixed-race and enslaved women; and the life course from birth to death. With geographically broad coverage, including Russia, Scandinavia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Iberian Peninsula, this remains the leading text on women and gender in Europe in this period. Accompanying this essential reading is a completely revised website featuring extensive updated bibliographies, web links, and primary source material.

Author : Susan Broomhall,Stephanie Tarbin
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0754661849

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Women, Identities and Communities in Early Modern Europe by Susan Broomhall,Stephanie Tarbin Pdf

Exploring the contradictory forces shaping women's identities and experiences, this collection examines the possibilities for commonalities and the forces of division between women in early modern Europe. The contributors analyse the critical power of gender to structure identities and experiences, adding new depth to our understanding of early modern women's senses of exclusion and belonging.