Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003252870
,
1003252877
,
9781040091838
,
1040091830
,
9781040091845
,
1040091849
Series Statement:
Twenty-five women who shaped the
Content:
Caritas (Barbara) Pirckheimer (1467-1532) : the learned nun -- Katharina Zell (1497/98-1562) : a woman who preached -- Maria of Hungary (1505-1558) : on behalf of the dynasty -- Elisabeth of Brunswick-Calenberg (1510-1558) : a princess as reformer -- Anna of Saxony (1532-1585) : of princely domains and good medicines -- Archduchess Maria of Inner Austria (1551-1608) : how a mother shapes her children -- Polyxena of Lobkowicz (1566-1642) : between Bohemia and Spain -- Anna of Brandenburg (1576-1625) : how Prussia came to Brandenburg -- Maria Magdalena Haidenbucher (1576-1650) : abbess in troubled times -- atharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633-1694) : the poet in exile -- Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) : science and painting -- Glikl bas Judah Leib (1647?-1724) : the experiences of a Jewish businesswoman -- Empress Eleonora Magdalena (1655-1720) : how to care for your siblings -- Maria Aurora von Königsmarck (1662-1728) : the mistress in the imperial abbey -- Erdmuthe Benigna of Reuss-Ebersdorf (1670-1732) : women and the Pietist movement -- Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670-1720) : the arduous journey to the sciences -- Luise Adelgunde Gottsched (1713-1762) : more than the woman at his side -- Dorothea Erxleben (1715-1762) : a medical doctor prevails -- Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780) : the heiress -- Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782) : from innkeeper to court painter -- Anna Barbara Gignoux (1725-1796) : how to defend a calico factory -- Sophie von La Roche (1730-1807) : a life as a female author -- Amalie Gallitzin (1748-1806) : philosophy, religion, and conviviality -- Maria Theresia Paradis (1759-1824) : the blind pianist -- Henriette Herz (1764-1847) : a salon in Berlin.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032181042
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032181059
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781032181042
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003252870
