In this informative and lively volume; Margaret L. King synthesizes a large body of literature on the condition of western European women in the Renaissance centuries (1350-1650); crafting a much-needed and unified overview of women's experience in Renaissance society.Utilizing the perspectives of social; church; and intellectual history; King looks at women of all classes; in both usual and unusual settings. She first describes the familial roles filled by most women of the day—as mothers; daughters; wives; widows; and workers. She turns then to that significant fraction of women in; and acted upon; by the church: nuns; uncloistered holy women; saints; heretics; reformers;and witches; devoting special attention to the social and economic independence monastic life afforded them. The lives of exceptional women; those warriors; queens; patronesses; scholars; and visionaries who found some other place in society for their energies and strivings; are explored; with consideration given to the works and writings of those first protesting female subordination: the French Christine de Pizan; the Italian Modesta da Pozzo; the English Mary Astell.Of interest to students of European history and women's studies; King's volume will also appeal to general readers seeking an informative; engaging entrance into the Renaissance period.
#2145004 in Books Richard A Etlin 2002-10-15 2002-10-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.10 x 6.00l; 1.20 #File Name: 0226220877406 pagesArt Culture and Media under the Third Reich
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful. The good; bad and uglyBy DanielI hate what happened in the 1940's. My dad fought in the Phillipines; his best friend was a German POW for 18 months. But I still feel the need to educate myself in all areas. This is more of a textbook but worth the time.
