Perspectives on Feminist Political Thought in European History

Taylor & Francis

Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book outs the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader context of their time. > Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader contexts of their time. This intriguing collection of essays shows that feminism is not a varient of modern radical discourse but a mode of analysing the issues of authority, power and virtue that have been at the heart of European political thought from the middle ages. > 1. Introduction: feminism in European history Tjitske Akkerman and Siep Stuurman 2. The languages of late-medieval feminism Miri Rubin 3. A \u2018learned wave\u2019: women of letter and science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment Brita Rang 4. L\u2019\u00E9galit\u00E9 des sexes qui ne se conteste plus en France: feminism in the seventeenth century Siep Stuur.