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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction-Crossing the Channel -- Part I Material and Symbolic Exchanges -- 1 The Frustrated Unity of Atlantic Europe: The Roles of Spain and England -- 2 The View from Spain: Distant Images and English Political Reality in the Late Sixteenth Century -- 3 From Drake to Draque: A Spanish Hero with an English Accent -- 4 Vindicating the Vulnerata: Cádiz and the Circulation of Religious Imagery as Weapons of War

Hasta la fecha, se ha logrado identificar a más de 500 escritoras de la España temprana moderna cuyas obras han sido catalogadas y sistematizadas por la base de datos española Biblioteca de Escritoras Españolas (BIESES). Las investigaciones llevadas a cabo por el proyecto han rendido cuenta de los diferentes géneros literarios de las obras, así como se ha encontrado una cantidad de documentos de archivo, cartas y demás documentación, la cual revela cada vez más información biográfica. Lo que todavía no se ha estudiado a fondo, sin embargo, son los diferentes niveles sociales de las escritoras, puesto que los orígenes de las mismas proporcionan una clave esencial para su propia psicología y su papel social. El ensayo examina los varios niveles sociales de las escritoras para evaluar su contribución; llega a la conclusión que mientras las escritoras de la incipiente clase media se dedicaban a componer obras de literatura tales como poesía, teatro o cuentos cortos, las escritoras de la alta nobleza optaron por escribir cartas o tratados que les permitían ahondar y participar en los crisis políticas de la época. ; The numbers of women writers of the early modern Spain currently identified have risen to over five hundred, with their writings catalogued and systematized by the Spanish data base Biblioteca de Escritoras Españolas (BIESES). The data base's findings demonstrate the kinds of genres women writers selected, and includes archival documents, correspondence, and other kinds of documentation that reveal much more biographical information than previously obtained. What has yet to be studied more in depth, however, is the social status of the writers, as social origins were a crucial means of identifying one's self, both from a psychological perspective as well as within society. This article examines the social stratification of writers to weigh their contributions, and arrives at the conclusion that while non-noble women tended to dedicate their time to writing literary works, whether poems, theater, or prose fiction; the few women of the titled nobility who wrote instead authored non-literary works such as correspondence and treatises that allowed them to participate significantly in political crises of the time.

Culture and control in Counter-Reformation Spain / Anne J. Cruz and Mary Elizabeth Perry -- "Christianization" in New Castile : catechism, communion, mass, and confirmation in the Toledo archbishopric, 1540-1650 / Jean Pierre Dedieu -- A saint for all seasons : the cult of San Julián / Sara T. Nalle -- Religious oratory in a culture of control / Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol -- The moriscos and circumcision / Bernard Vincent -- Aldermen and Judaizers : cryptojudaism, Counter-Reformation, and local power / Jaime Contreras -- Magdalens and Jezebels in Counter-Reformation Spain / Mary Elizabeth Perry -- La bella malmaridada : lessons for the good wife / Anne J. Cruz -- Saint Teresa, demonologist / Alison Weber -- Woman as source of "evil" in Counter-Reformation Spain / María Helena Sánchez Ortega -- On the concept of the Spanish literary Baroque / John R. Beverley -- The subject of control / Anthony J. Cascardi

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"This compilation of thirty-four articles written by renowned international specialists in Hispanic literature, history and culture gathers a variety of approaches to elucidate the lives, work and influence of women in early modern Iberia and the Americas"--Back cover

Notions of late medieval queenship : Christine de Pizan's Isabeau of Bavaria / Tracy Adams -- "Satisfaite de soy en soy mesme" : the politics of self-representation in Jeanne d'Albret's Ample déclaration / Mary C. Ekman -- Tanto monta : the Catholic monarchs' nuptial fiction and the power of Isabel I of Castile / Barbara F. Weissberger -- Sword and wimple : Isabel Clara Eugenia and power / Magdalena S. Sánchez -- "Princeps non principissa" : Catherine of Brandenburg, elected prince of Transylvania (1629-30) / Éva Deák -- Juana of Austria : patron of the arts and regent of Spain, 1554-59 / Anne J. Cruz -- Elizabeth I as sister and "loving kinswoman" / Carole Levin -- Fashioning monarchy : women, dress, and power at the court of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603 / Catherine L. Howey -- Thrice royal queen : Katherine de Valois and the Tudor monarchy in Henry V and Englands heroicall epistles / Sandra Logan -- Warning Elizabeth with Catherine de' Medici's example : Anne Dowriche's French historie and the politics of counsel / Mihoko Suzuki -- History, power, and the representation of Elizabeth I in La princesse de Clèves / Elizabeth Ketner

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Junta de Damas, Charity, and Feminism -- I. Feminine Philanthropy in Spain -- Women in Patriotic Societies: A Spanish Debate in a European Context -- The Decisive Intervention of Josefa Amar y Borbón: Defending Women's Talent and Education during the Enlightenment -- Women's Associationism and the Pursuit of Public Happiness, 1787-1823 -- Women and Charity between the Spaces of Enlightened Reformism and the Moderado Liberal State, Madrid, 1833-1868 -- II. Forgotten Foremothers of a Collective History -- María Josefa Alfonso Pimentel, Countess-Duchess of Benavente, 1750-1834: An Aristocrat at the Service of the Enlightenment -- María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero, Countess of Montijo, 1754-1808: An Atypical Biography in the Age of Enlightenment -- María Lorenza de los Ríos, Marquise of Fuerte-Híjar, 1761-1821: Reformism and Culture -- María Tomasa Palafox, Marquise of Villafranca, 1780-1835: A Life in Times of Crisis -- Veiled Biographies: The Other Women of the Junta de Damas -- III. The Junta de Damas' Contributions to Enlightenment Projects -- Helping by Teaching: The Junta's Role in Women's Education -- Practicing Social Activism: The Spaces of Women's Charity -- Networks of Enlightenment: Women Writers and the Republic of Letters -- Representing the Feminine Ideal: Portraits of the Members of the Junta de Damas -- Epilogue: The Junta de Damas, the Enlightenment, and Feminism -- Appendix: Statutes of the Junta de Socias de Honor y Mérito of the Real Sociedad Económica de Madrid, 1794 -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.