Women on the edge in early modern Europe / edited by Lisa Hopkins and Aidan Norrie.
| Other author | Hopkins, Lisa, 1962- editor. |
| Other author | Norrie, Aidan, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019] |
| Description | 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Gendering the late medieval and early modern world Gendering the late medieval and early modern world. ^A1365603 |
| Contents | Introduction: early modern European women and the edge / Aidan Norrie and Lisa Hopkins -- Life on the edge. 'At the mercy of a strange woman' : plague nurses, marginality, and fear during the Great Plague of 1665 / Lara Thorpe -- Chemistry, medicine, and beauty on the edge : Marie Meurdrac / Sarah Gordon -- Anna Stanislawska's Orphan Girl of 1685 : autobiography of a divorce / Lynn Lubamersky -- Witchcraft and the edge. Touching on the margins : Elizabeth Sawyer's body in performance and print / Alex MacConochie -- Anna Trapnel : prophet or witch? / Debra Parish -- Courtly women on the edge. Wife, widow, exiled queen : Beatrice d'Aragona (1457-1508) and kinship in early modern Europe / Jessica O'Leary -- On the edge of the s(h)elf : Arbella Stuart / Lisa Hopkins -- Cecilia of Sweden : princess, margravine, countess, regent / Aidan Norrie -- 'Elizabeth the forgotten' : the life of Princess Elizabeth Stuart (1635-1650) / Jessica L. Becker -- The early modern edge in the twenty-first century. Catalina de Erauso--'the lieutenant nun'--at the turn of the twenty-first century / Eva Mendieta. |
| Abstract | "'Women on the Edge in Early Modern Europe' examines the lives of women whose gender impeded the exercise of their personal, political, and religious agency, with an emphasis on the conflict that occurred when they crossed the edges society placed on their gender. Many of the women featured in this collection have only been afforded cursory scholarly focus, or the focus has been isolated to a specific, (in)famous event. This collection redresses this imbalance by providing comprehensive discussions of the women's lives, placing the matter that makes them known to history within the context of their entire life. Focusing on women from different backgrounds - such as Marie Meurdrac, the French chemist; Anna Trapnel, the Fifth Monarchist and prophetess; and Cecilia of Sweden, princess, margravine, countess, and regent - this collection brings together a wide range of scholars from a variety of disciplines to bring attention to these previously overlooked women."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Cambridge Books Online, viewed May 6, 2024). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Women on the edge in early modern Europe. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019] 9789462987500 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 9789048539178 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 904853917X (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctvd07g8d JSTOR |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |