Women's writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875 : a bilingual anthology / Edited by Lia van Gemert [and others] ; with contributions from José van Aelst [and others] ; translations, Myra Heerspink Scholz, Brenda Mudde, Paul Vincent.

This book provides a welcome English translation of a marvelous anthology of women's religious and secular writing, stretching from the visions of the late medieval mystics through the prison testaments of sixteenth-century Anabaptist martyrs to the pamphleteers and novelists of the growing urb...

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Other Authors: Gemert, Lia van, 1958-, Aelst, José van, 1955-, Scholz, Myra J. Heerspink, 1944-, Mudde, Brenda, Vincent, Paul (Paul F.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Dutch
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2010.
Series:Amsterdam anthologies.
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Summary:This book provides a welcome English translation of a marvelous anthology of women's religious and secular writing, stretching from the visions of the late medieval mystics through the prison testaments of sixteenth-century Anabaptist martyrs to the pamphleteers and novelists of the growing urban bourgeoisie. The translations and introductions demonstrate the ways that women in the Low Countries shaped the intellectual and cultural developments of their eras.
Item Description:"Popular Science"--back cover under Amsterdam University Press.
Physical Description:624 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 576-597) and indexes.
ISBN:9789089641298
9089641297
Language:Texts in original Dutch and English translation on facing pages.