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Description edit
This book chronicles 300 years of women's education during this time. Barabara Whitehead examines this history from a feminist perspective, pointing to the subversive actions of the women of this period that led to the formation of academia as we know it.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Penelope: Add a description of this character.
- Robert Greene
- Juan Luis Vives
- Sara
- Thomas Salter
- Beddoes
- Grendler
- Lucretia
- Fénelon
- Husee
- Parker
- Mary
- Anne
- Iggerot
- Wilson
- Richard Mulcaster
- John Basset
- Wollstonecraft
- Margaret W.ferguson
- Darwin
- Saint-cyr
- Louise Bourgeois
- Henry Vii
- Lisles
- Byrne
- Peacham
- Yagel
- Assaf
- Paluzzi
- Jane Eyre
- Caterina
- Taylor
- Routledge
- Gaskell
- James
- Harris
- Chiavi
- Cornelia
- Pippa Bueri
- Thomas More
- Catherine
- Richard Hyrde
- Maria
- Piera
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Paris
- London
- England
- France
- Renaissance Italy
- San Niccolò Dei Frieri
- Florence
- Early Modern Europe
- Lapo
- Venice
- Jerusalem
- Cambridge
- Boksenboim
- Ithaca
- Chicago
- Germany
- Calais
- Boccaccio
- Spain
- Russia
- Rome
- Vespasiano
- Methuen
- San Pier Maggiore
- Philadelphia
- Middle Ages
- Tudor
- Cornwall
- Urbana
First Sentence edit
Education in Renaissance Italy operated along two sets of separate tracks: on the one hand, those distinguished by Latin and the vernacular; on the other, those created by gender.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 371.822094
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Education › Education Theory › History
- Books › Nonfiction › Education › College & University › Student Life
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › History
- Books › Professional & Technical › Education
- Books › Gay & Lesbian › History
- Books › History › Europe
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