Julie Maia Departments of English and Women's Studies West Valley College julie_maia@westvalley.edu

Erith Jaffe-Berg Department of Theatre, Faculty of the Humanities Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Currently an independent scholar living in California) eandaberg@hotmail.com

Sister Theresa Lamy Department of Classical and Modern Languages College of Notre Dame of Maryland tlamy@ndm.edu

Marjorie Och Department of Art and Art History Mary Washington College moch@mwc.edu

 CONTENTS

Acknowledgments and Introduction
Women and Power

The Monarch: Empresses and Queens
The Warrior Woman: Amazons, Knights, and National Heroines
The Woman of Mythic Power: Goddesses, Gorgons, and Fairy Queens
The Ideal of Chastity: Heroic Virgins, Chaste Wives, and Victims of Rape

Women and Knowledge

The Learned Lady: Courtiers, Scientists, and Translators
The ProtoFeminist: The Querelle des Femmes Tradition

Women and Art

The Actor: Women in the Theater
The Artist: Self-Portraits in Art
The Author: Self-Fashioning through Literature
The Muse: Idealized Love and the Petrarchan Tradition
The Musician: Composers and Performers
The Patron of the Arts

Women and Religion

Biblical Typology: Eve, Mary, and Mary Magdalen
The Spiritual Pilgrim: Preachers, Nuns, Martyrs, and Saints

Women and Family Life

The Wife and Mother
The Daughter and Sister
The Maidservant
Friendships among Women

Women and Transgression

The Cross-Dressed Woman
The Temptress: Courtesans and Prostitutes
The Conspirator and the Criminal
The Witch

Bibliography

Primary Sources
England
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Secondary Sources
Art History
English Literature and History
French Literature and History
Italian Literature and History
Spanish Literature and History
Theater Arts
Interdisciplinary References