Renaissance and Enlightenment paradoxes
By: Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge, eds.
Contributors: Davis, Natalie Zemon, 1928-; Farge, Arlette
Series: History of women in the West -- v. 3
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
Subjects: Women -- History.; Women -- Europe -- History.
Work titles: Storia delle donne in Occidente. English.
Notes: Translation of: Storia delle donne in Occidente, vol. III, Dal Rinascimento all'età moderna.

Includes bibliographic references (p.[543]-569) and index.
Table of contents: title: Writing the history of women / G. Duby, M. Perrot; title: Women as historical actors / N.Z. Davis, A. Farge; title: Women, work, and family / O. Hufton; title: The body, appearance, and sexuality / S.F. Matthews Grieco; title: The beautiful woman / V. Nahoum-Grappe; title: A daughter to educate / M. Sonnet; title: Virgins and mothers between heaven and earth / E. Schulte van Kessel; title: Women in politics / N.Z. Davis; title: Judging by images / F. Borin; title: The ambiguities of literature / J.-P. Desaive; title: The theater / E.A. Nicholson - - A sampling of eighteenth-century philosophy / M. Crampe-Casnabet.; title: The discourse of medicine and science / E. Berriot-Salvadore; title: From conversation to creation / C. Dulong; title: Female journalists / N.R. Gelbart; title: Witches / J.-M. Sallmann; title: Prostitutes / K. Norberg; title: Criminals / N. Castan; title: Protesters plain to see / A. Farge; title: Glückel of Hameln, Jewish merchant woman / N.Z. Davis; title: Anne-Françoise Cornet, Parisian artisan / A. Farge.