Carole Levin is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, where her specialties are English history and women's history. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Albion, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Shakespeare Yearbook, and Exemplaria. She is the author of numerous books and essays in edited collections, has held long-term fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Newberry Library, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.Debra Barrett-Graves is assistant professor of English at the College of Santa Fe where she won the Manuel Lujan Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her articles appear in Shakespeare Yearbook and The Early Drama, Art, and Music Review. She is currently writing a book on servants and service in Shakespearean and Elizabethan drama. She is a member of the Shakespeare Association of America and the North American Branch of the Society for Emblem Studies.Jo Eldridge Carney is associate professor of English at the College of New Jersey, where she teaches medieval and Renaissance literature. She has published articles in edited collections and journals and is the editor of the biographical dictionary Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620 (Greenwood Press, 2000).W. M. Spellman is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Asheville where his specialties are English history and European political thought. His articles have appeared in such journals as Anglican and Episcopal History and the Harvard Theological Review. He is the author of numerous books and has held long term fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and from the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah.Gwynne Kennedy is associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she teaches early modern literature and women's studies courses. She has written several articles on women writers in early modern England and has recently published a book on early modern English women's anger.Stephanie Witham is completing her PhD in English at the University of Nebraska on the topic of Renaissance women writers. She has taught at the College of St. Mary.

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• IntroductionAkka Mah=ad=ev=iAnguissola, SofonisbaAskew, AnneBarton, ElizabethBlanche of CastileBridget of SwedenCary, ElizabethCatherine of SienaChristina of DenmarkChristina of MarkyateClement, Margaret GiggsClifford, Lady AnneColonna, VittoriaThe Cooke SistersDatini, MargheritaDentiere, MarieDormer, JaneElisabeth of SchonauElizabeth of Braunschweigd'Este, IsabellaFélicie, JacquelineFontanta, LaviniaFranco, VeronicaGambara, VeronicaGentileschi, ArtemisiaGonzaga, GiuliaGrumbach, Argula vonHalkett, AnneHardwick, ElizabethHélisenne de CrenneHrotsvit of GandersheimHürrem SultanInglis, EstherIzumi ShikibuJadwiga of PolandJuana of CastileKomnena, AnnaKottaner, HeleneLabé, LouiseLanyer, AemeliaLeón, Lucretia deLocke, AnneLuther, KatherineMalincheMargaret of AnjouMargaret of AustriaValois, Marguerite deMary of HungaryMechtild of MagdeburgMelisende, Queen of JerusalemMontfort, Eleanor deMurasaki ShikibuNzinga, Queen of AngolaOno no KomachiPirckheimer CaritasPoiters, Diane dePorete, MargueriteRaziya, the SultanRenée of FerraraRoper, Margaret MoreSalinas, Maria deSei ShonagonSforza, CaterinaStampa, GasparaStuart, ArbellaTeerlinc, LevinaWeston, Elizabeth JaneWilloughby, CatherineWroth, MaryZell, KatharinaNotable Women by Title, Occupation, or Main Area of InterestNotable Women by Country or RegionTimeline of Historical EventsSelected BibliographyIndex

Carole Levin is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, where her specialties are English history and women's history. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Albion, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Shakespeare Yearbook, and Exemplaria. She is the author of numerous books and essays in edited collections, has held long-term fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Newberry Library, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.Debra Barrett-Graves is assistant professor of English at the College of Santa Fe where she won the Manuel Lujan Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her articles appear in Shakespeare Yearbook and The Early Drama, Art, and Music Review. She is currently writing a book on servants and service in Shakespearean and Elizabethan drama. She is a member of the Shakespeare Association of America and the North American Branch of the Society for Emblem Studies.Jo Eldridge Carney is associate professor of English at the College of New Jersey, where she teaches medieval and Renaissance literature. She has published articles in edited collections and journals and is the editor of the biographical dictionary Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620 (Greenwood Press, 2000).W. M. Spellman is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Asheville where his specialties are English history and European political thought. His articles have appeared in such journals as Anglican and Episcopal History and the Harvard Theological Review. He is the author of numerous books and has held long term fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and from the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah.Gwynne Kennedy is associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she teaches early modern literature and women's studies courses. She has written several articles on women writers in early modern England and has recently published a book on early modern English women's anger.Stephanie Witham is completing her PhD in English at the University of Nebraska on the topic of Renaissance women writers. She has taught at the College of St. Mary.

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• IntroductionAkka Mah=ad=ev=iAnguissola, SofonisbaAskew, AnneBarton, ElizabethBlanche of CastileBridget of SwedenCary, ElizabethCatherine of SienaChristina of DenmarkChristina of MarkyateClement, Margaret GiggsClifford, Lady AnneColonna, VittoriaThe Cooke SistersDatini, MargheritaDentiere, MarieDormer, JaneElisabeth of SchonauElizabeth of Braunschweigd'Este, IsabellaFélicie, JacquelineFontanta, LaviniaFranco, VeronicaGambara, VeronicaGentileschi, ArtemisiaGonzaga, GiuliaGrumbach, Argula vonHalkett, AnneHardwick, ElizabethHélisenne de CrenneHrotsvit of GandersheimHürrem SultanInglis, EstherIzumi ShikibuJadwiga of PolandJuana of CastileKomnena, AnnaKottaner, HeleneLabé, LouiseLanyer, AemeliaLeón, Lucretia deLocke, AnneLuther, KatherineMalincheMargaret of AnjouMargaret of AustriaValois, Marguerite deMary of HungaryMechtild of MagdeburgMelisende, Queen of JerusalemMontfort, Eleanor deMurasaki ShikibuNzinga, Queen of AngolaOno no KomachiPirckheimer CaritasPoiters, Diane dePorete, MargueriteRaziya, the SultanRenée of FerraraRoper, Margaret MoreSalinas, Maria deSei ShonagonSforza, CaterinaStampa, GasparaStuart, ArbellaTeerlinc, LevinaWeston, Elizabeth JaneWilloughby, CatherineWroth, MaryZell, KatharinaNotable Women by Title, Occupation, or Main Area of InterestNotable Women by Country or RegionTimeline of Historical EventsSelected BibliographyIndex