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In the Late Middle Ages, women such as Saint Catherine of Siena, who helped stimulate interest in a crusade with Pope Gregory XI to reform Catholic Church, [12] and Saint Teresa of Ávila, who emphasized impact of the love of God on the heart, [13] played significant roles in the development of theological ideas and discussion within the church ...
The querelle des femmes or "dispute of women" originally referred to a literary genre and broad debate, that originated in humanistic and aristocratic circles in the Italian peninsula and France during the early modern period, regarding the nature of women, their capabilities, and whether they should be permitted to study, write, or govern in the same manner as men.
Zwanger, Meryl, Women and Art in the Renaissance, in: Sister, Columbia University 1995/6. Judith Brown. Gender and Society in Renaissance Italy (Women And Men In History). 1998; Letizia Panizza, Women in Italian Renaissance Culture and Society. Oxford, 2000. ISBN 1-900755-09-2. Mary Rogers, Paola Tinagli. Women in Italy, 1350—1650 ...
Notable women associated with the Renaissance era (circa 1450-1600). Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. 0–9.
Ambraser Heldenbuch, Fol. 149.Kudrun.The early sixteenth century epic collection Ambraser Heldenbuch, one of the most important works of medieval German literature, focuses largely on female characters (with notable texts being its versions of the Nibelungenlied, the Kudrun and the poem Nibelungenklage) and defends the concept of Frauenehre (female honour) against the increasing misogyny of ...
Inherent in the study of women's history is the belief that more traditional recordings of history have minimised or ignored the contributions of women to different fields and the effect that historical events had on women as a whole; in this respect, women's history is often a form of historical revisionism, seeking to challenge or expand the ...
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Despite its relatively short life, gender history (and its forerunner women's history) has had a rather significant effect on the general study of history.Since the 1960s, when the initially small field first achieved a measure of acceptance, it has gone through a number of different phases, each with its own challenges and outcomes, but always making an impact of some kind on the historical ...