EXTRAORDINART WOMEN OF THE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE WORLD
A Biographical Dictionary
Carole Levin 'Debra 'Barrett-Qraves Jo 'Eldridge Carney W. M. Spettman Qzuynne 'Kennedy Stephanie 'Witham
GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Note to the Reader xix Akka Mahadevi 1 Sofonisba Anguissola 4 Anne Askew 9 Elizabeth Barton 14 Blanche of Castile 17 Bridget of Sweden 22 Elizabeth Cary 26 Catherine of Siena 32 Christina of Denmark 37 Christina of Markyate 40 Margaret Giggs Clement 43 Lady Anne Clifford 48 Vittoria Colonna 52 viii CONTENTS
The Cooke Sisters Margherita Datini Marie Dentiere Jane Dormer Elisabeth of Schonau Elizabeth of Braunschweig Isabella d'Este Jacqueline Felicie Lavinia Fontana Veronica Franco Veronica Gambara Artemisia Gentileschi Giulia Gonzaga Argula von Grumbach Anne Halkett Elizabeth Hardwick Helisenne de Crenne Hrotsvit of Gandersheim Hiirrem Sultan Esther Inglis Izumi Shikibu Jadwiga of Poland Juana of Castile Anna Komnena Helene Kottaner Louise Labe Aemilia Lanyer CONTENTS ix
Lucretia de Leon 168 Anne Locke 172 Katherine Luther 176 Malinche 181 Margaret of Anjou 185 Margaret of Austria 190 Marguerite de Valois 194 Mary of Hungary 198 Mechthild of Magdeburg 202 Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem 208 Eleanor de Montfort 213 Murasaki Shikibu 218 Nzinga, Queen of Angola 223 Ono no Komachi 228 Caritas Pirckheimer 232 Diane de Poitiers 238 Marguerite Porete 241 Raziya, the Sultan 245 Renee of Ferrara 249 Margaret More Roper 252 Maria de Salinas 257 Sei Shonagon 261 Caterina Sforza 265 Gaspara Stampa 270 Arbella Stuart 273 Levina Teerlinc 278 Elizabeth Jane Weston 281 CONTENTS
Catherine Willoughby 285 Mary Wroth 291 Katharina Zell 295 Appendix A: Notable Women by Title, Occupation, or Main Area of Interest 299 Appendix B: Notable Women by Country or Region 305 Timeline of Historical Events 309 Selected Bibliography 313 Index 315