Studies On Medieval And Early Modern Women: Pawns Or Players? Pawns Or Players?

In 11 papers from conferences in December 1999 and February 2001 at Trinity College, Dublin, medievalists continue the recent concern with agency in examining the lives of women in Europe during the Middles Ages and Renaissance. Among their topics are the importance of dower in the lives of medieval women in Ireland, the beloved and the mistress in Renaissance Florence, and the iconography of the feminized monster. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR 1. Flood, 'A source for the depiction of Eve in the early-modern period: Biblical Latin epics of the fifth and sixth centuries' 2. de Trafford, 'The marriage portion, inheritance and family politics' 3. Smith, 'Women and the conquest of Ireland, 1170-1240' 4. Kenny, 'The importance of dower in the lives of medieval women in Ireland' 5. Webb, 'Women travellers in the middle ages' 6. LoPrete, 'The gender of lordly women: the case of Adela of Blois' 7. Lawless, 'The 'beloved' and the 'mistress' in Renaissance Florence' 8. Hall, 'Women and violence in late medieval Ireland' 9. Ó Hannracháin, 'Irish women and the Catholic Reformation' 10. Baxter, 'The role of sisterhood in sustaining resistance by the Port-Royal community' 11. Riches, 'The iconography of the feminized monster' 224 p. : 24 cm "This book comprises some of the papers read at two conferences in Trinity College, 'Pawns and Players' on 4 December 1999 and 'Women at Home, Women Abroad' on 23 February 2001"--P. 7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index A collection of essays on women in the medieval and early modern periods. Several chapters focus on Irish history, but there are also chapters dealing with France and Italy.