Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750最新文献

Women’s Writing during the Dutch Revolt: the Religious Authority and Political Agenda of Cornelia and Susanna Teellinck, 1554–1625 荷兰起义期间的女性写作:科妮莉亚和苏珊娜·特林克的宗教权威和政治议程，1554-1625

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_004

Amanda C. Pipkin

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The Absent Made Present: Portraying Nuns in the Early Modern Low Countries 缺席即出现:描绘近代早期低地国家的修女

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_006

M. Thøfner

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Anna Francisca de Bruyns (1604/5–1656), Artist, Wife and Mother: a Contextual Approach to Her Forgotten Artistic Career 安娜·弗朗西斯卡·德·布鲁恩斯(1604/5-1656)，艺术家，妻子和母亲:她被遗忘的艺术生涯的语境方法

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_008

K. V. D. Stighelen

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Foregrounding the Background: Images of Dutch and Flemish Household Servants 背景的前景:荷兰和佛兰德家庭仆人的形象

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_009

D. Wolfthal

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The Maid of Holland and Her Heroic Heiresses 荷兰少女和她英勇的女继承人

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_005

M. Peacock

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The Problem of Women’s Agency in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 中世纪晚期和近代早期欧洲妇女代理权问题

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_003

M. Howell

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Women Writers and the Dutch Stage: Public Femininity in the Plays of Verwers and Questiers 女作家与荷兰舞台:弗维尔斯和奎斯提尔戏剧中的公共女性气质

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_007

M. Elk

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Resurrecting the ‘Spiritual Daughters’: the Houtappel Chapel and Women’s Patronage of Jesuit Building Programs in the Spanish Netherlands 复活的“精神女儿”:西属荷兰的胡塔佩尔教堂和妇女对耶稣会建筑项目的赞助

Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500 - 1750 Pub Date : 2019-04-03 DOI: 10.1163/9789004391352_010

S. Moran

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