- Women in the family
- Women and religion
- Benvenida Abravanel
- Teresa of Ávila
- Women in high culture
- Diane de Poitiers
- "Mad Madge"
Several questions arise when describing the condition of European women in the Renaissance: Did their social or economic condition improve? Did they gain greater access to power? Were they able to express themselves in different ways than in the Middle Ages? Finally, was there a Renaissance for women? These questions can be addressed by looking at women's lives in three settings: the family, religion, and elite culture (the lives of female rulers, artists, and thinkers).
Source: Renaissance and Reformation: Almanac, ©2002 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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