Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851097722)

This work is a revealing combination of biographies and topical essays that describe the outstanding and often-overlooked contributions of women to the science, politics, and culture of the Renaissance.

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 like Elena Lucrezia Cornaro, the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate; the renowned Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi; and the acclaimed author of medical textbooks and midwife to a French queen, Louise Boursier. Based on the latest research and enhanced with thematic essays, this groundbreaking work casts our understanding of women's lives and roles in Renaissance history and culture in a provocative new light.

Author: Anne R. Larsen
ISBN-10: 1851097724
ISBN-13: 9781851097722
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 460
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.46lbs
Size: 9.99h x 7.33w x 1.36d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2007 pg. 159
School Library Journal 10/01/2007 pg. 92