Early Modern Women Writers

Abstract Women philosophers of the past, because they tended not to engage with each other much, are often perceived as isolated from ongoing philosophical dialogues. This has led—directly and indirectly—to their exclusion from courses in the history of philosophy. This article explores three ways in which we could so…

• SANDRINE BERGES

This paper traces the history of the Benedictine community of St Mary’s Cathedral Priory, Worcester, from 1534 until its surrender in 1540, with the aim of determining the number and identity of the monks of Worcester at the time of the dissolution. No deed of surrender survives for the priory that would record the na…

• DAVID EWAN THORNTON

Lady Mary Wroth is an innovative and unconventional figure both in terms of her personal background and herliterary production within the sixteenth century social and political context. She is the author of the first sonnetsequence written by a woman, the producer of the first prose romance by a female pen, and one of…

• MERVE AYDOĞDU ÇELİK

Crafting a Curial Ceremony for the Sacred CollegeExpavi faetor, cum bis terve in sacro Consistorio vidi, ad episcopatus cardinalitios promoveri aliquos, qui, vel ob nimiam senectutem, vel ob magnam corporis debilitatem, vel ob defectum episcopalium virtutum, tales reant, ut non modo non utiliores, sed vix utiles vel a…

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Abstract: This paper examines the occurrence of bishops of Irish dioceses among the grantors of so-called 'collective indulgences' at Avignon between 1322 and 1363 and attempts to demonstrate how these indulgences can facilitate our knowledge of the episcopate in Ireland during the fourteenth century. Over 140 referen…

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Abstract As a metaphysical poet, Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) is recognized for his stylistic experimentation and deep religious faith. In the course of his short life, he became a fellow at Cambridge, was later introduced to Queen Henrietta Marie, Charles I’s wife, in France after his exile during the Interregnum, con…

• KÜBRA BAYSAL

Orta Çağ Avrupası'nın en etkili sapkın gruplarından biri olan Katharlar oldukça uzun bir süre varlığını sürdürmüş ve birçok bölgede aktif olmuşlardır.Hatta Orta Çağ'ın en büyük sapkın hareketi olarak görülmüşlerdir.Katharlarda kadınların da erkekler kadar aktif olduğu hatta kadınların hareket içinde özel bir konuma sa…

• BANU ÇETİN ÜNAL

The primary focus of this article is to investigate the (in)visible gendered constructs within Dante’s Commedia. The article argues that due to the special emphasis on vice and virtue, Commedia lends itself to the archival purposes of cultural memory. The article explores how the cultural memory within the poem takes…

• OĞUZHAN AYRIM