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Deirdre Jackson Medieval women
Our understanding of the lives and roles of medieval women has changed dramatically in recent years. Far from being background characters of the middle ages, women often wielded an influence beyond their expected station. Many women fortunate enough to receive an education became patrons of literature, particularly secular tales of adventure and romance. Some bold pioneers became writers themselves. Others commissioned, or had dedicated to them, the earliest historical chronicles, bestiaries, and...
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Engels | 200 pagina's | The British Library, London | 2015
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Annine van der Meer The language of MA the primal mother
the evolution of the female image in 40,000 years of global Venus art
Venus Art reflects the consciousness of egalitarian societies of peace in which women and feminine values play or have played a central role, and where MA and the primal mothers of the clan are central. The book gives a historical framework in which the female image evolves, but also crumbles within the Near East from 10,000 BC to the year 0. This shows that while at first the well-rounded seated lady enjoys a respected position in society, during the Bronze and Iron Ages. She is considerably slimmed...
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Engels | 589 pagina's | 2013
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Julia Hauser German religious women in late Ottoman Beirut
competing missions
Non-fictie
Engels | 391 pagina's | Brill, Leiden | 2015
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Katherine D. Harris Forget me not
the rise of the British literary annual, 1823-1835
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Engels | 395 pagina's | Ohio University Press, Athens | 2015
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Gender and activism
women’s voices in political debate
Focus on various ways in which women were active and organized themselves in order to question sex and gender related issues in the political arena. The authors discuss how women protested against perceived religious suppression; participated in local democratic political institutions whilst not really changing gender roles; discussed discrepancies between socialism and feminism. They explore how women find their ways in democratic systems of governance and what these systems offer women in terms...
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Engels | 155 pagina's | Verloren, Amsterdam | 2015
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Tessa Dunlop The Bletchley girls
war, secrecy, love and loss; the women of Bletchley Park tell their story
The story of the women of Bletchley Park, Britain's top secret code-breaking school, is told through exclusive interviews with the women who served their country, and the impact that their service had on the rest of their lives. Based on extensive interviews conducted specifically for this book, Tessa Dunlop tells the story of the Bletchley Girls through the lives of 15 women who were all selected to work in Britain's most secret World War II organization -- Bletchley Park. Many were just school...
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Engels | 341 pagina's | Hodder, London | 2019
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Eleanor Fitzsimons Wilde's women
how Oscar Wilde was shaped by the women he knew
Studie over de vele vrouwen in het leven van de beroemde, 19e eeuwse Iers/Engelse schrijver.
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Engels | 372 pagina's | Duckworth Overlook, London | 2016
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