LEADER 04048oam 2200745 a 450 001 9910784511803321 005 20231222200440.0 010 $a0-226-72158-2 010 $a1-281-12539-3 010 $a9786611125394 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226721583 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399688 035 $a(EBL)408211 035 $a(OCoLC)650218013 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000124678 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134850 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000124678 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10023223 035 $a(PQKB)10378889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408211 035 $a(DE-B1597)535523 035 $a(OCoLC)824142062 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226721583 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408211 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10209975 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112539 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399688 100 $a19960917d1997 uy i 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCollected letters of a Renaissance feminist /$ftranscribed, translated, and edited by Diana Robin 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (248 pages) 225 1 $aOther voice in early modern Europe 300 $aTranslated from Latin. 311 0 $a0-226-10013-8 311 0 $a0-226-10011-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tIntroduction to the Series --$tAcknowledgments --$tTranslator: Introduction --$tONE. Autobiography --$tTWO. Women and Society --$tTHREE. Marriage and Mourning --$tFOUR. Woman to Woman --$tFIVE. The Public Lectures --$tSIX. Dialogue on the Death of an Ass --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aRenaissance writer Laura Cereta (1469-1499) presents feminist issues in a predominantly male venue-the humanist autobiography in the form of personal letters. Cereta's works circulated widely in Italy during the early modern era, but her complete letters have never before been published in English. In her public lectures and essays, Cereta explores the history of women's contributions to the intellectual and political life of Europe. She argues against the slavery of women in marriage and for the rights of women to higher education, the same issues that have occupied feminist thinkers of later centuries. Yet these letters also furnish a detailed portrait of an early modern woman's private experience, for Cereta addressed many letters to a close circle of family and friends, discussing highly personal concerns such as her difficult relationships with her mother and her husband. Taken together, these letters are a testament both to an individual woman and to enduring feminist concerns. 410 0$aOther voice in early modern Europe. 606 $aAuthors, Latin (Medieval and modern)$zItaly$vCorrespondence 606 $aWomen$zItaly$xHistory$yRenaissance, 1450-1600$vSources 606 $aHumanists$zItaly$vCorrespondence 606 $aFeminists$zItaly$vCorrespondence 607 $aItaly$xIntellectual life$y1268-1559$vSources 610 $atime period, era, feminism, female, humanist, humanism, autobiography, autobiographical, correspondence, letter writing, modern, contemporary, lecture, essay, intellectual, europe, european, slavery, argument, controversial, controversy, marriage, rights, higher education, thinkers, philosophy, philosophical, private life, friendship, family, interpersonal, relationships, italy, 1400s, 1500s, 1600s. 615 0$aAuthors, Latin (Medieval and modern) 615 0$aWomen$xHistory 615 0$aHumanists 615 0$aFeminists 676 $a001.3/092 676 $aB 700 $aCereta$b Laura$f1469-1499.$01104347 701 $aRobin$b Diana Maury$0158311 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784511803321 996 $aCollected letters of a Renaissance feminist$93829533 997 $aUNINA