This is new and exciting scholarship.... Jordan's broad but incisive coverage of pan-European debates about women and political order demonstrates how gender as a category of analysis sharpens the study of social, thought in general. An admirable book, meaty and provocatively argued.
Ann Rosalind Jones, Smith College Renaissance Feminism is a very positive book; it should contribute ... Read moremightily to the better understanding of 'social codes' and the oppression and self-expression of women in fifteenth-century Italy and all across Europe in the Sixteenth Century.
Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance
As a resource for those interested in the intersection of textual representations and material life,... Renaissance Feminism's rich portrayal of representations of women will prove invaluable.
The Sixteenth Century Journal
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