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A Cultural History of Women in the Renaissance

Karen Raber editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:22nd Sep '16

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A broad overview of the history of women in the Renaissance.

The Renaissance was a period of significant cultural transformation in Europe: women were both agents and objects of this historical process. The period witnessed revolutions in nearly every cultural domain, including the controversies of the Reformation, the rise of nascent capitalism, the influence of Humanism, advances in science and medicine, and shifts in the boundaries between public and private life, all of which profoundly affected women's lives. A Cultural History of Women in the Renaissance covers the period 1400-1650, giving an overview of how changes in social, educational, economic, scientific, religious and artistic paradigms affected cultural constructions of gender and the lived experiences of women in the period. Each chapter draws on a wide range of sources to chart the complex and often contradictory cultural logics of gender in Renaissance culture.

ISBN: 9781350009745

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 458g

288 pages