'By the end of the Middle Ages, the ius commune -- the combination of canon and Roman law -- had formed the basis for all law in continental Europe, along with its patriarchal system of categorizing women. Throughout medieval Europe, women regularly found themselves in court, su…
In analysing the meaning of women's presence in these diverse centres of the Enlightenment, Smith offers a new interpretation of the dynamic relationships among political discourse, social action, and gender ideologies.
"Eighteenth-century Spanish women were not idle bystanders during one of Europe's most dynamic eras. As Theresa Ann Smith demonstrates in this book, Spanish intellectuals, calling for Spain to modernize its political, social, and economic institutions, brought the question of wo…
In analysing the meaning of women's presence in these diverse centres of the Enlightenment, Smith offers a new interpretation of the dynamic relationships among political discourse, social action, and gender ideologies.
