The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe offers an authoritative and comprehensive review of contemporary research on women and gender during the early modern period in Europe. Drawing from multiple disciplines—including history, literary studies, art history, musicology, history of science and medicine, and religious studies—this volume explores women's lives, gender ideologies, and the contrasts between societal ideals and lived experience. A vital resource for both scholars and students, it illuminates current scholarship while inspiring future research in this dynamic field.
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Ideal for academics, researchers, and advanced students interested in early modern European history, gender studies, and interdisciplinary approaches to women’s roles and societal norms in this period.

This Companion presents an authoritative review of the current research on women and gender in early modern Europe from a multidisciplinary perspective. The authors examine women’s lives, ideologies of gender and the differences between ideology and reality through the recent research across many disciplines, including history, literary studies, ar

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Over the past three decades, scholars have transformed the study of women and gender in early modern Europe. The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe presents an authoritative review of the current research on women and gender in early modern Europe from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

The authors examine women’s lives, ideologies of gender, and the differences between ideology and reality through the recent research across many disciplines, including history, literary studies, art history, musicology, history of science and medicine, and religious studies.

The book is intended as a resource for scholars and students of Europe in the early modern period, for those who are just beginning to explore these issues and this time period, as well as for scholars learning about aspects of the field in which they are not yet experts.

The companion offers not only a comprehensive examination of the current research on women in early modern Europe, but will act as a spark for new research in the field.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032179810

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 September 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

Edited by Allyson M. Poska

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 169.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 1060g

Pages: 572

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About the Author

Allyson M. Poska is Professor of History at the University of Mary Washington, USA and co-editor of Ashgate's 'Women and Gender in the Early Modern World' book series. Jane Couchman is Professor Emerita of French Studies, Women's Studies and Humanities at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada. Katherine A. McIver is Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.