Women in Western Intellectual Culture, 600-1500

Zusatztext "Ranft provides a compelling re-vision...with commendable clarity and elegance...essential [for] all libraries..." - L.E. Mitchell! Choice Informationen zum Autor PATRICIA RANFT is Professor of History at Central Michigan University, USA.  Klappentext Western intellectual tradition has long been viewed as an exclusive male bastion, but Women in Western Intellectual Culture, 600-1500 proves that this thesis is no longer tenable. By identifying and analyzing the intellectual writings and activities of women throughout the centuries this study, the first of two volumes, documents a level of participation in intellectual matters that will surprise many readers. The quality and quantity of these contributions show that women's voices deserve more attention in intellectual history. Zusammenfassung Western intellectual tradition has long been viewed as an exclusive male bastion, but Women in Western Intellectual Culture, 600-1500 proves that this thesis is no longer tenable. By identifying and analyzing the intellectual writings and activities of women throughout the centuries this study, the first of two volumes, documents a level of participation in intellectual matters that will surprise many readers. The quality and quantity of these contributions show that women's voices deserve more attention in intellectual history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Early Renaissances The Creation of a Literate Society The Coming of the Vernacular The Vernacular Mothers Scholastics, Mystics, and Secondary Intellectuals The Great Theologians Woman Humanists

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Introduction The Early Renaissances The Creation of a Literate Society The Coming of the Vernacular The Vernacular Mothers Scholastics, Mystics, and Secondary Intellectuals The Great Theologians Woman Humanists

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"Ranft provides a compelling re-vision...with commendable clarity and elegance...essential [for] all libraries..." - L.E. Mitchell, Choice

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• Authors: P Ranft, P. Ranft, Patricia Ranft
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2008
• EAN: 9780230602335
• ISBN: 978-0-230-60233-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Women's and gender studies; B, Gender Studies, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, European History, Social History, world history, Clinical psychology, Social and cultural history, General and world history, World History, Global and Transnational History, Palgrave History Collection, Europe—History, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, attention;history;Renaissance;society;women