Texts from the Querelle, 1641�701 (1): Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Two, Volume 3

by Laura L. Runge

The querelle des femmes was a debate over the condition of women in society lasting four centuries and characteristically involved charges against female vice, folly, corruption, incontinence and lasciviousness, countered by pro-women defences and lists of exemplary women. The texts in these two volumes range from broadside parliamentary petitions to verse satire, from sermons to philosophical essays, from political diatribes to marital advice. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815397356
• ISBN13: 9780815397359
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 472 Pages