ISBN:
1851097775
,
9781851097777
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xx, 459 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
,
27 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance
DDC:
305.48/80900902403
Keywords:
Women Encyclopedias History Renaissance, 1450-1600
;
Women Encyclopedias
;
History
;
Renaissance, 1450-1600
;
Wörterbuch
;
Italien
;
Frankreich
;
England
;
Renaissance
;
Frau
;
Geschichte 1420-1600
Abstract:
Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England is the first first comprehensive reference devoted exclusively to the contributions of women to European culture in the period between 1350 and 1700. Focusing principally on early modern women in England, France, and Italy, it offers over 135 biographies of the extraordinary women of those times.||Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance provides vivid portraits of well known women such as Catherine of Siena, Joan of Arc, Mary Queen of Scots, and Christine de Pizan. Also included are less familiar but equally important women
Abstract:
Cover; Contents; Women in the Renaissance: A Historical Encyclopedia; Contributors; Introduction; Chronology; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-443) and index
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