Virtue, Liberty, and Toleration Political Ideas of European Women, 1400–1800 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Broad, Jacqueline (Editor), Green, Karen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: The New Synthese Historical Library ; 63
• Subjects: History.; Philosophy.; Political philosophy.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; History, general.; History of Philosophy.; Political Philosophy.; Gender Studies.

This volume challenges the view that women have not contributed to the historical development of political ideas, and highlights the depth and complexity of women’s political thought in the centuries prior to the French Revolution. From the late medieval period to the enlightenment, a significant nu...