Women in Western Intellectual Culture, 600-1500

"Western intellectual tradition has long been viewed as an exclusive male bastion, but Women in Western Intellectual Culture, 600-1500 proves that this thesis is no longer tenable. By identifying and analyzing the intellectual writings and activities of women throughout the centuries this study, the first of two volumes, documents a level of participation in intellectual matters that will surprise many readers. The quality and quantity of these contributions will persuade even the skeptic that women's voices deserve more attention in intellectual history."--GoogleBooks.

First sentence: In the magisterial work, Thought and Letters in Western Europe A.D. 500 to 900, historian M. L. W. Laistner reviews the intellectual contributions made during that period according to the following categories: classical grammatica, history and biography, hagiography, geography, dogmatic theology, scriptural exegesis, pastoral theology, political ideas, philosophy, Latin and vernacular poetry, and

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Editions

4

Pages

292

ISBN

9781403961396

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