In The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena, Konrad Eisenbichler analyzes the work of Sienese women poets, in particular, A

Based on close reading of original sources, Fallows (Spanish, U. of Georgia) offers a detailed reconstruction of the history and practice of jousting, detailing

Susan Whyman draws on a hidden world of previously unknown letter writers to explore bold new ideas about the history of writing, reading and the novel. Capturi

Reproduces in full size and transcribes a number of letters from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries

This volume was the first historical introduction to women's writing in France from the sixth century to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leadi