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- ISBN: 9780415120463 | 0415120462
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 12/18/1995
Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebookbrings together extracts of significant accounts of woman and femininity in early modern England. Providing versatile and accessible readings of gender construction in this period, this book offers the reader a broader historical context, without the interpretive baggage of secondary readings. Renaissance Woman: A Sourcebookcontains sources ranging from medical documents and political pamphlets to sermons and the Bible, as well as literary texts by and about women. Sections include: theology; physiology; conduct; sexuality and motherhood; politics and law; education; work; writing and speaking; and proto-feminisms. The selections within each section cover a wide chronology, from 1520 to 1680, as well as a range of viewpoints about each area.