European Women's Letter-Writing from the 11th to the 20th Centuries.
This book reveals the importance of personal letters in the history of European women between the year 1000 and the advent of the telephone. It explores the changing ways that women used correspondence for self-expression and political mobilization over this period, enabling them to navigate the myr...
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2023. ©2023. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Authority and the Self: the Letters of Medieval Women
- 2. The Rise of Vernacular Letter-writing
- 3. The Triumph of the Familiar Letter
- 4. Intimate Letters
- Epilogue: Women's Letters come to an End
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index