This book explores the construction of gender ideology in early modern England through an analysis of the querelle des femmes - the debate about the relationship between the sexes that originated on the continent during the middle ages and the Renaissance and developed in England into the Swetnam controversy, which revolved around the publication of Joseph Swetnam's The arraignment of lewd, forward, and inconstant women and the pamphlets which responded to its misogynist attacks. The volume contextualizes the debate in terms of its continental antecedents and elite manuscript circulation in...
This book explores the construction of gender ideology in early modern England through an analysis of the querelle des femmes - the debate about the r...
This collection brings a transnational perspective to the study of early modern women rulers and female sovereignty, a topic that has until now been examined through the lens of a single nation. Contributors juxtapose rulers from different countries, including well-known sovereigns such as Isabel of Castile and Elizabeth Tudor, as well as other less widely studied figures Isabeau of Bavaria, Jeanne d'Albret, Isabel Clara Eugenia, Juana of Portugal, and Catherine of Brandenburg. Several essays also focus on the representations of foreign rulers such as Catherine de' Medici in England and...
This collection brings a transnational perspective to the study of early modern women rulers and female sovereignty, a topic that has until now bee...
During the seventeenth century, in response to political and social upheavals such as the English Civil Wars, women produced writings in both manuscript and print. This volume represents recent scholarship that has uncovered new texts as well as introduced new paradigms to further our understanding of women's literary history during this period.
During the seventeenth century, in response to political and social upheavals such as the English Civil Wars, women produced writings in both manuscri...
Considering as evidence literary texts, historical documents, and material culture, this interdisciplinary study examines the entry into public political culture of women and apprentices in 17th-century England, and their use of discursive and literary forms in advancing an imaginary of political equality. The book traces to the end of Elizabeth Tudor's reign in the 1590's the origin of this imaginary, analyzes its flowering during the English Revolution, and examines its afterlife from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. It uses post-Marxist theories...
Considering as evidence literary texts, historical documents, and material culture, this interdisciplinary study examines the entry into public politi...
Mary Carleton, also known as the German Princess, was a scandalous celebrity in Restoration London. Her notoriety arose from her 1663 trial and acquittal for bigamy. This volume contains her version of her life as a 'German Princess', who married first a Canterbury shoemaker, and then a surgeon. It also includes selection of pamphlets on her.
Mary Carleton, also known as the German Princess, was a scandalous celebrity in Restoration London. Her notoriety arose from her 1663 trial and acquit...
