Women's Roles in the Renaissance

by Kari Boyd McBride and Meg L. Brown

Book Overview

For the first time, a content-rich survey on Renaissance women for students and the general public is available. The story of the Renaissance has usually been told from the elite male perspective. Here, the lives of women and girls from a wide range of classes, religions, and countries in Europe take center stage. Women had a significant impact on the economy, social structures, and the culture of the Renaissance, despite the constraints on their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313322104
• ISBN13: 9780313322105
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.6"