Renaissance Notion of Woman A Study in the Fortunes of Scholasticism and Medical Science in European Intellectual Life

Name: Renaissance Notion of Woman A Study in the Fortunes of Scholasticism and Medical Science in European Intellectual Life
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ISBN: 9780521274364

ISBN-10: 0521274362

ISBN-13: 9780521274364

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ian Maclean, Colin Jones, Charles Rosenberg

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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 towards women. It addresses the questions: 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, politics, and law are examined in succeeding chapters. The threads of the investigation are then drawn…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/17/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Theology, mystical and occult writings



Medicine, anatomy, physiology



Ethics, politics, social writings



Law



Conclusion


Appendix


Notes


Index