Description: Examines interrelated topics in Medieval and Renaissance Latin literature: the status of women as writers, the status of women as rhetorical figures, and the status of women in society from the fifth to the early seventeenth century.
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Without question, the topic of this book is significant, the treatment overdue. The word that comes to mind about this book is 'exciting.' The Neo-Latin field will be made more fertile by what this book offers." -- Edward V. George, Texas Tech University