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Profiles biographical information for 70 extraordinary women of the medieval and Renaissance world

Table of Contents

Introduction
Akka Mah=ad=ev=i
Anguissola, Sofonisba
Askew, Anne
Barton, Elizabeth
Blanche of Castile
Bridget of Sweden
Cary, Elizabeth
Catherine of Siena
Christina of Denmark
Christina of Markyate
Clement, Margaret Giggs
Clifford, Lady Anne
Colonna, Vittoria
The Cooke Sisters
Datini, Margherita
Dentiere, Marie
Dormer, Jane
Elisabeth of Schonau
Elizabeth of Braunschweig
d'Este, Isabella
Félicie, Jacqueline
Fontanta, Lavinia
Franco, Veronica
Gambara, Veronica
Gentileschi, Artemisia
Gonzaga, Giulia
Grumbach, Argula von
Halkett, Anne
Hardwick, Elizabeth
Hélisenne de Crenne
Hrotsvit of Gandersheim
Hürrem Sultan
Inglis, Esther
Izumi Shikibu
Jadwiga of Poland
Juana of Castile
Komnena, Anna
Kottaner, Helene
Labé, Louise
Lanyer, Aemelia
León, Lucretia de
Locke, Anne
Luther, Katherine
Malinche
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Austria
Valois, Marguerite de
Mary of Hungary
Mechtild of Magdeburg
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
Montfort, Eleanor de
Murasaki Shikibu
Nzinga, Queen of Angola
Ono no Komachi
Pirckheimer Caritas
Poiters, Diane de
Porete, Marguerite
Raziya, the Sultan
Renée of Ferrara
Roper, Margaret More
Salinas, Maria de
Sei Shonagon
Sforza, Caterina
Stampa, Gaspara
Stuart, Arbella
Teerlinc, Levina
Weston, Elizabeth Jane
Willoughby, Catherine
Wroth, Mary
Zell, Katharina
Notable Women by Title, Occupation, or Main Area of Interest
Notable Women by Country or Region
Timeline of Historical Events
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Carole Levin is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, where her specialties are English history and women's history. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Albion, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Shakespeare Yearbook, and Exemplaria. She is the author of numerous books and essays in edited collections, has held long-term fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Newberry Library, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Debra Barrett-Graves is assistant professor of English at the College of Santa Fe where she won the Manuel Lujan Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her articles appear in Shakespeare Yearbook and The Early Drama, Art, and Music Review. She is currently writing a book on servants and service in Shakespearean and Elizabethan drama. She is a member of the Shakespeare Association of America and the North American Branch of the Society for Emblem Studies.

Jo Eldridge Carney is associate professor of English at the College of New Jersey, where she teaches medieval and Renaissance literature. She has published articles in edited collections and journals and is the editor of the biographical dictionary Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620 (Greenwood Press, 2000).

W. M. Spellman is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Asheville where his specialties are English history and European political thought. His articles have appeared in such journals as Anglican and Episcopal History and the Harvard Theological Review. He is the author of numerous books and has held long term fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and from the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah.

Gwynne Kennedy is associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she teaches early modern literature and women's studies courses. She has written several articles on women writers in early modern England and has recently published a book on early modern English women's anger.

Stephanie Witham is completing her PhD in English at the University of Nebraska on the topic of Renaissance women writers. She has taught at the College of St. Mary.

Reviews

For undergraduate collections.
*Choice*

This volume offers an improtant starting place for students and scholars committed to research that enhances the visibility and recognizes the dignificant cultural contributions of medieval and Rennaissance women. Students especially will find this to be an indispensable and enlightening resource. . . . Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World offers a unique and valuable resource for the students interested in women's history. This is a collection of bibliographies designed not only to inform, but also to spur readers on to further investigations.
*Medieval & Rennaissance Drama in England*

Recommended for public, high school, and undergraduate libraries.
*Reference & User Services Quarterly*

Because it expands the information available on women who are often just mentioned in passing in historical works, this volume is interesting for both browsing and research. . . . [A]ppropriate for academic and public libraries with collections on women's or medieval and Renaissance studies, although its writing style would appeal to a high-school audience as well.
*Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin*

This reference is unique both in its choice of subjects and in its chronological coverage. While most of these names would not appear in standard secondary text books, it is important for students to realize that women of influence could and did have an impact on society. . . . Recommended.
*The Book Report*

[I]nteresting reading in any library, but also a handy reference in school and academic collections supporting medieval, renaissance and women's studies.
*The GaleGroup*

[A]n excellent source of biographical information on lesser-known medieval and renaissance women and their times. It is suitable for any public or high school library where women's biographies are in demand.
*ARBA*

This volume can be classified as a reference book, but it can also fit under the rather informal category of a very good read.
*VOYA*