Women's education in early modern Europe : a history, 1500-1800 / edited by Barbara J. Whitehead.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitehead, Barbara J.

Series:

Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1124.

Garland reference library of social science. Studies in the history of education ; vol. 7.

Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1124. Studies in the history of education ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Education--Europe--History--16th century.

Women.

Women--Education--Europe--History--17th century.

Women--Education--Europe--History--18th century.

Women--Education--Europe--History--19th century.

Women--Education.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvi, 260 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Garland Pub., 1999.

Summary:

Women were long excluded from traditional histories by definitions of historical subject matter from the man's perspective. In the same way women have been excluded from the early modern history of education by definitions of education as only what occurred in schools and universities. This collection of essays broadens the definition of education, incorporating informal, vocational, domestic, and social education, along with formal education to allow women's training and learning to be fully studied. Eight contributions, written by scholars in a number of fields, include discussion of midwifery, needlepoint, and domestic skills, as well as formal convent or boarding school training.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Learning the Virtues: Convent Schools and Female Culture in Renaissance Florence / Sharon T. Strocchia 3

Chapter 2 Equal in Opportunity? The Education of Aristocratic Women 1450-1540 / Sharon D. Michalove 47

Chapter 3 The Pattern of Perfect Womanhood: Feminine Virtue, Pattern Books and the Fiction of the Clothworking Woman / Stacey Shimizu 75

Chapter 4 The Rei(g)ning of Women's Tongues in English Books of Instruction and Rhetorics / Catherine R. Eskin 101

Chapter 5 The Literacy of Jewish Women in Early Modern Italy / Howard Adelman 133

Chapter 6 To Educate or Instruct? Du Bosc and Fenelon on Women / Colleen Fitzgerald 159

Chapter 7 "Its Frequent Visitor": Death at Boarding School in Early Modern Europe / Carolyn C. Lougee 193

Chapter 8 'A Knowledge Speculative and Practical': The Dilemma of Midwives' Education in Early Modern Europe / Adrianna E. Bakos 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815324677

OCLC:

40423380