A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1400-1700

A much-needed alternative to the standard male histories of political thought from the late medieval to early modern period.

Preface; Introduction; 1. Christine de Pizan; 2. Women of the Italian Renaissance; 3. From Anne de Beaujeu to Marguerite de Navarre; 4. Queen Elizabeth I of England; 5. From the Reformation to Marie le Jars de Gournay; 6. Women of the English Civil War era; 7. Quaker women; 8. The Fronde and Madeleine de Scudéry; 9. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle; 10. Women of the Glorious Revolution; 11. Women of late seventeenth-century France; 12. Mary Astell; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.