Women in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe (Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women)

minor shelf wear and some price sticker residue to back cover 'a Widow Of God'? : St. Anne And Representations Of Widowhood In Fifteenth-century Florence / Catherine Lawless -- Men, Women And Magic : Some Cases From Late Medieval Lucca / Christine Meek -- 'she Was Usually Placed With The Great Men And Leaders Of The Land In The Public Assemblies' : Alice Kyteler : A Woman Of Considerable Power / Bernadette Williams -- The Gift Of A Lady : Women As Patrons In Medieval Ireland / Elizabeth Mckenna -- Women And The Law In Early Modern Ireland / Mary O'dowd -- Hidden Pleasures : The Representation Of The Prostitute In Seventeenth-century Dutch Painting / Sacha Fegan -- An Unequal Law : The Enforcement Of Clausura Before And After The Council Of Trent / Francesca Medioli -- Repression Or Liberation? Notions Of The Body Among The Nuns Of Port-royal / Carol Baxter -- Writing Motherhood In The Reign Of Louis Xiv : Some Fictional And Political Representations / Susanne Reid -- Tragic Ambiguities : Gender And Sovereignty In French Classical Drama / Derval Conroy. Christine Meek, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 205-218) And Index. This book is based on papers presented at a conference in Trinity College Dublin in 1997. It is genuinely inter-disciplinary, linking history, religion, literature and art. All the essays represent either women as they were regarded or women in action, often in implicit or explicit comparison with men. 230 pages : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index Self-Renewing 2017