Karen (Hrsg.) Green

Virtue Ethics for Women 1250-1500

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This book locates Christine de Pizan's argument that women are virtuous members of the political community within the context of earlier discussions of the relative virtues of men and women. It is the first to explore how women were represented and addressed within medieval discussions of the virtues. It introduces readers to the little studied Speculum Dominarum (Mirror of Ladies), a mirror for a princess, compiled for Jeanne of Navarre, which circulated in the courtly milieu that nurtured Christine. Throwing new light on the way in which Medieval women understood the virtues, and were represented by others as virtuous subjects, it positions… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Mews, Constant (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-94-007-0529-6
EAN: 9789400705296
Produktnummer: 18251883
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'443 KB
Auflage: 2011
Abbildungen: Bibliographie
Reihenbandnummer: 69

Über den Autor

Karen Green is a philosopher and the author of many articles in philosophy and the history of women's ideas, including The Woman of Reason (1995) and with Jacqueline Broad, A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1400-1700 (2009).Constant J. Mews is a medievalist and specialist in the ideas of Abelard and Eloise. He has published many works including Abelard, and The Lost Love Letters of Abelard and Eloise. Together they published Healing the Body Politic: the political thought of Christine de Pizan (2005). Jointly with Janice Pinder their translation of Christine de Pizan's Livre de Paix won the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for an Outstanding Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature in 2009.