Female authorship, patronage, and translation in late medieval France : from Christine de Pizan to Louise Labé / by Anneliese Pollock Renck.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Renck, Anneliese Pollock, author.

Series:

• Texts and transitions ; Volume 13.
• Texts and Transitions ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• French literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
• French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.
• French literature--16th century--History and criticism.
• Authors and patrons--France--History--To 1500.
• Authors and patrons--France--History--16th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2018]

Summary:

This study sheds light on the development of female authorship in the sixteenth century, through a close analysis of the female patronage and manuscript production leading up to the Renaissance in late medieval France. Under what conditions did women in late medieval France learn to read and write? What models of female erudition and authorship were available to them in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries? These questions, often difficult to answer in the extant historical record, are approached here via a number of perspectives, namely, the patronage and book ownership of women between the late medieval and early modern periods, and their involvement in the translation of works from Latin to French.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

2-503-56922-6