Renaissance and Enlightenment Paradoxes
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Renaissance and Enlightenment Paradoxes
（A history of women in the West / Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot, general editors, v. 3）
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c1993
- : hard
- : pbk
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OR:Storia delle donne in Occidente
Originally published : Roma and Bari : Guis. Leterza & Figli Spa , 1991
Bibliography: p. [543]-569
Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780674403673
Description
Volume III of A History of Women draws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, considering them in a context of work, marriage, and family. At the heart of this volume is "woman" as she appears in a wealth of representations, from simple woodcuts and popular literature to master paintings; and as the focal point of a debate-sometimes humorous, sometimes acrimonious-conducted in every field: letters, arts, philosophy, the sciences, and medicine. Against oppressive experience, confining laws, and repetitious claims about female "nature," women took initiative by quiet maneuvers and outright dissidence. In conformity and resistance, in image and reality, women from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries emerge from these pages in remarkable diversity.
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: hard ISBN 9780674403727
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At home and in the public sphere, at work and even - in some notable cases - at war: from the 16th through to the 18th centuries, the presence and actions of women from the top of the social hierarchy to the bottom were continually discussed by those who observed and often feared them. The third volume in this series draws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, a world that seems in odd ways a walled garden of words and images, meant to circumscribe an expansive and even stronger "weaker sex". Considering women in the context of work, marriage, and family, the authors describe a complex society in which the conduct of peasant and princess alike was expected to conform to rules largely established by masculine authority. We see the very different ways in which the highborn and the humble operated within these constraints: the poor or middle-class woman going to work in domestic service or the trades to shore up her dowry and so her chances of marriage; the aristocrat parlaying her position into marriage, and often into political influence as well.
In the realm of appearance and sexuality, we see women obedient to norms and fashions but still attentive to their own desires. In the education of women, progress was uneven, pushed forward by religious reformation and economic need, but held back by the belief that only men should have full command over the empire of reason. At the heart of this volume is "woman" as she appears in a wealth of representations, from simple woodcuts and popular literature to master paintings; and as the focal point of debate - sometimes funny, sometimes acrimonious - conducted in every field: letters, arts, philosophy, the sciences, and medicine. Against oppressive experience, confining law, and repetitious claims about female "nature", women took initiative by quiet manoeuvres and outright dissidence. In conformity and resistance, in image and reality, women from the 16th to the 18th centuries emerge from these pages in remarkable diversity.
Table of Contents
Writing the History of Women Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot Women as Historical Actors Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge 1. Works and Days 1. Women, Work, and Family Olwen Hufton 2. The Body, Appearance, and Sexuality Sara F. Matthews Grieco 3. The Beautiful Woman Veronique Nahoum-Grappe Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 4. A Daughter to Educate Martine Sonnet Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 5. Virgins and Mothers between Heaven and Earth Elisja Schulte van Kessel Translated by Clarissa Botsford 6. Women in Politics Natalie Zemon Davis Intermezzo 7. Judging by Images Francoise Borin Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 2. So Much is Said about Her 8. The Ambiguities of Literature Jean-Paul Desaive Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 9. The Theater Eric A. Nicholson 10. A Sampling of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy Michele Crampe Casnabet Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 11. The Discourse of Medicine and Science Evelyne Berriot-Salvadore Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 12. From Conversation to Creation Claude Dulong Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 13. Female Journalists Nina Rattner Gelbart 14. Witches Jean-Michel Sallmann Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 15. Prostitutes Kathryn Norberg 16. Criminals Nicole Castan Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 17. Protesters Plain to See Arlette Farge Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 4. Women's Voices Gluckel of Hameln, Jewish Merchant Woman Natalis Zemon Davis Anne-Francoise Cornet, Parisian Artisan Arlette Farge Translated by Arthur Goldhammer Notes Bibliography Contributors Illustration Credits Index
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