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The Renaissance Notion of Woman: A Study in the Fortunes of Scholasticism and Medical Science in European Intellectual Life (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine) Paperback - 1983
by Maclean, Ian
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- Title The Renaissance Notion of Woman: A Study in the Fortunes of Scholasticism and Medical Science in European Intellectual Life (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
- Author Maclean, Ian
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1995 Printing
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 1983-04-29
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0521274362.G
- ISBN 9780521274364 / 0521274362
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 in (22.35 x 14.99 x 1.02 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 15th Century
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 79052837
- Dewey Decimal Code 301.412
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A comprehensive modern history of woman in Renaissance Europe has yet to be written.
From the rear cover
This study of the world of scholarship and scholarly texts in the Renaissance, the so-called respublica literaria, affords insights into the intellectual infrastructure and modes of thought of the period by its examination of contemporary attitudes toward women. It addresses the question: What is the notion of woman to be found in Renaissance texts, and how does it evolve? What is the relationship between the notion of woman and that of sex difference, and how is sex difference related in turn to other differences and to the concept of difference itself? Theology, medicine, ethics and politics, and law are examined in succeeding chapters. The threads of the investigation are then drawn together and Dr. Maclean shows how the notion of woman was influenced by both forces of conservatism and forces which fostered change, forces which were to be found both inside the confines of intellectual life and beyond them. The final section offers a context for the understanding of European Renaissance feminism and sketches its connections with social and political evolution, humanist scholarship, religious thought and finally problems of language and expression.