Deze serie duikt in de veelzijdige rollen van vrouwen en de constructie van gender in de vroegmoderne tijd, en biedt innovatief onderzoek. Het overstijgt geografische grenzen en onderzoekt de diverse ervaringen van vrouwen in Europa, Amerika, Azië en Afrika. De collectie dient als een interdisciplinair forum, verlegt de grenzen van onderzoek en evolueert voortdurend ons begrip van vroegmoderne samenlevingen. Het is essentiële lectuur voor wetenschappers en liefhebbers die op zoek zijn naar frisse perspectieven op genderdynamiek en vrouwengeschiedenissen.
Focusing on women's utopian spatial imagination in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this study examines the intricate relationship between identity and social space. It connects theoretical discussions of space, gender, and utopianism with historiographic debates on the gendered production of space. The book pays particular attention to significant spaces in contemporary utopian thought, including Arcadia, palaces, convents, harems, and country houses, highlighting their roles in shaping societal and gender identities.
Looking at the competition and collaboration among different groups of men
involved in childbirth, and between men and women, this work demonstrates that
arguments about history were as important as arguments about the merits of
different designs of forceps.
Analysing the occasional verse writings of the celebrated colonial Mexican nun, Thomas brings to light the particular socio-historical significance of these works, which until now literary scholars have largely considered inconsequential. Thomas demonstrates how these poems by the famous nun-composed for birthdays, funerals, religious feasts, coronations and the like-shed new light on Sor Juana's interactions with individuals in colonial society and throughout the Spanish Empire.
Focusing on gender and sexuality in Renaissance England, this study explores how these themes influenced the relationships depicted in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century poetry. By analyzing both female- and male-authored lyrics, Pamela Hammons connects the poetic works to broader cultural contexts, including legal theories and various literary forms such as plays and epics. The examination of manuscript and print collections offers insights into the material culture of the time, highlighting the interplay between human and non-human subjects.
This study explores the expression and representation of late medieval and early modern women in the Low Countries through diverse materials, including written sources, artworks, and urban sites. It combines various analytical approaches—historical, historiographical, museological, and touristic—to examine how these women articulated their identities and how they have been perceived both in their time and in contemporary scholarship. The work sheds light on the complexities of women's roles and interpretations across different eras.
Looking especially at widows of master craftsmen in early modern Paris, this study provides analysis of the social and cultural structures that shaped widows' lives as well as the experiences these women had in their day-to-day experience. It dramatically alters our understanding of gender; it also engages the historiographical issue of women's participation in the world of work, and explicitly examines the place of the law in the lived experience of the period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1 Law in Early Modern France; Chapter 2 Widows and Religious Institutions; Chapter 3 Women's Place in Guilds; Chapter 4 Widows in the Workshop; Chapter 5 The Calculus of Remarriage; Chapter 6 The Trap of Poverty; Chapter 101 Conclusion;
Marriage today is our prime social and legal institution. Historically, it was also the principal economic institution. This collection of essays offers a wealth of original research into the economic, social and legal history of the marital partnership in northern Europe over a 500-year period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction: the marital economy in comparative perspective, Amy Louise Erickson. Part I Forming the Partnership: Marriage or money? Legal actions for enforcement of marriage contracts in Norway, Hanne Marie Johansen; Making marriages in early modern England: rethinking the role of family and friends, Catherine Frances; Forming the partnership socially and economically: a Swedish local elite, 1650-1770, Gudrun Andersson; Forming the marital economy in the early modern Finnish countryside, Anu Pylkkÿnen; Servants in rural England c.1450-1650: hired work as a means of accumulating wealth and skills before marriage, Jane Whittle. Part II Managing the Partnership: Decision-making on marital property in Norway, 1500-1800, Hilde Sandvik; Property and authority in Danish marital law, Inger Dÿbeck; Marital conflict over the gender division of labour in agrarian households, Sweden 1750-1850, Rosemarie Fiebranz; Working together? Different understandings of marital relations in late 19th-century Finland, Ann-Catrin Ã-stman. Part III Dissolving the Partnership: Marriage trouble, separation and divorce in early modern Norway, Hanne Marie Johansen; 'To the longer liver': provisions for the dissolution of the marital economy in Scotland, 1470-1550, Elizabeth Ewan; Death and donation: different channels of property transfer in late medieval Iceland, Agnes S. Arnórsdóttir; Individualism or self-sacrifice? Decision-making and retirement within the early modern marital economy in Sweden, Maria Ã...gren. Afterword: Recovering a lost inheritance: the marital economy and its absence from the prehistory of economics in Britain, Michael Roberts. Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
Focusing on the contributions of educated women in Spain and New Spain, this study explores the lives and works of early modern female advocates for women's education. It highlights prominent figures like Sor Juana and Santa Teresa de Jesús, while also shedding light on lesser-known women who played significant roles in this movement. Drawing from diverse sources, the book examines how these women influenced societal views on education and gender during their time.
Exploring the intersection of visual culture, faith, and gender, this study delves into the devotional art of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1350 to 1530. Through the works of notable artists like Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling, the author examines how masculinity and femininity are depicted in relation to the practices and expectations of devotion within courtly, monastic, and urban contexts. The analysis reveals the nuanced ways gender is constructed and represented in this rich artistic tradition.
Exploring the psychological impact of the Virgin Mary's marginalization in post-Reformation England, this work examines early modern cultural and literary responses to her diminished role. The author argues that Shakespeare utilizes both Roman Catholic and post-Reformation perspectives on Marian strength to critique contemporary notions of masculinity. Through this lens, the book invites readers to reconsider religious and gender identities, highlighting the complex interplay between cultural perceptions and individual subjectivity in Shakespeare's works.
