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oapen-20.500.12657-243852024-03-22T19:23:23Z Women and Gender in the Early Modern Low Countries, 1500-1750 Moran, Sarah Pipkin, Amanda History History Medieval Europe Women Studies Gender Studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history Women were fundamental actors in early modern Low Countries society, playing major roles in the dynamic environment of economic, artistic, and cultural exchange of both the Catholic Southern Netherlands and the Protestant Dutch Republic.The Habsburg territories were governed by a string of women rulers. More ordinary Netherlandish women ran businesses, pursued careers as painters and writers, joined and led religious communities, and helped steer the course of debates between Protestants and Catholics. The wealthier among them were active in the financial markets and a number of them became highly influential patrons of art and architecture. Women of lesser means, on the other hand, might find themselves in difficult situations. At the same time, evolving traditions of the textual and visual representation of femininity reflected and shaped attitudes towards gender, and in turn impacted the lives of both women and men. 2019-10-24 23:55 2020-03-27 03:00:28 2020-04-01T09:57:32Z 2020-04-01T09:57:32Z 2018-11-01 book 1005730 OCN: 1135849047 9789004369726;9789004391352 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24385 eng application/pdf n/a 1005730.pdf Brill 102313 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9789004369726;9789004391352 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 102313 KU Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Women were fundamental actors in early modern Low Countries society, playing major roles in the dynamic environment of economic, artistic, and cultural exchange of both the Catholic Southern Netherlands and the Protestant Dutch Republic.The Habsburg territories were governed by a string of women rulers. More ordinary Netherlandish women ran businesses, pursued careers as painters and writers, joined and led religious communities, and helped steer the course of debates between Protestants and Catholics. The wealthier among them were active in the financial markets and a number of them became highly influential patrons of art and architecture. Women of lesser means, on the other hand, might find themselves in difficult situations. At the same time, evolving traditions of the textual and visual representation of femininity reflected and shaped attitudes towards gender, and in turn impacted the lives of both women and men.
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