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The World of Women: Recent Medieval and Early Modern Publications

The World of Women: Recent Medieval and Early Modern Publications The Innes Review, Volume XLV, No. I, Spring 1994, 71-77. Review Article The Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford. Ed. D. J .H. Clifford. Alan Sutton, 1991. xv + 293pp. £10.99; Woman is a Worthy Wight. Women in English Society c. 1200-1500. Ed. P. J. P. Goldberg. Alan Sutton, 1992. xvii + 229pp. £28.00; Women in Early Modern Ireland. Ed. Margaret MacCurtain and Mary O'Dowd. Edinburgh University Press, 1991. 340pp. £14.95; English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages. Jennifer C. Ward. Longman, 1992. x + 190pp. £ 8.99; A History of Women in the West, III. Renaissance and Enlightenment Paradoxes. Ed. Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge. Harvard University Press, 1993. X +595pp. £19.95. One does not have to be a feminist to appreciate women's history, nor should one be misogynistic or dismissive about this subject. The latter viewpoint has unfairly marginalized this exciting area of historical research until comparatively recent times. Women have always constituted about half of the known population of the world, so surely the lives of both men and women should be studied to gain a fuller understanding of past societies. Women's history should not, however, be seen as the preserve of female researchers per http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Innes Review Edinburgh University Press

The World of Women: Recent Medieval and Early Modern Publications

Meikle, Maureen M.
Innes Review , Volume 45 (1): 71 – Jan 1, 1994
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The Innes Review, Volume XLV, No. I, Spring 1994, 71-77. Review Article The Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford. Ed. D. J .H. Clifford. Alan Sutton, 1991. xv + 293pp. £10.99; Woman is a Worthy Wight. Women in English Society c. 1200-1500. Ed. P. J. P. Goldberg. Alan Sutton, 1992. xvii + 229pp. £28.00; Women in Early Modern Ireland. Ed. Margaret MacCurtain and Mary O'Dowd. Edinburgh University Press, 1991. 340pp. £14.95; English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages. Jennifer C. Ward. Longman, 1992. x + 190pp. £ 8.99; A History of Women in the West, III. Renaissance and Enlightenment Paradoxes. Ed. Natalie Zemon Davis and Arlette Farge. Harvard University Press, 1993. X +595pp. £19.95. One does not have to be a feminist to appreciate women's history, nor should one be misogynistic or dismissive about this subject. The latter viewpoint has unfairly marginalized this exciting area of historical research until comparatively recent times. Women have always constituted about half of the known population of the world, so surely the lives of both men and women should be studied to gain a fuller understanding of past societies. Women's history should not, however, be seen as the preserve of female researchers per

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Published: Jan 1, 1994

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