Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875

Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875
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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages : 625
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ISBN-10 : 9789089641298
ISBN-13 : 9089641297
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Book Synopsis Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875 by : Lia van Gemert

Download or read book Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875 written by Lia van Gemert and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a welcome English translation of a marvelous anthology of women's religious and secular writing, stretching from the visions of the late medieval mystics through the prison testaments of sixteenth-century Anabaptist martyrs to the pamphleteers and novelists of the growing urban bourgeoisie. The translations and introductions demonstrate the ways that women in the Low Countries shaped the intellectual and cultural developments of their eras.


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