POSITION OF WOMEN

Online Reference – Online Texts – Library Holdings

 

REFERENCE

ViVa
A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals

Genesis
Database of womens' history collections in the UK and guide to internet sources.

Early Modern Women Database
Database of web resources, library catalogues and primary sources.

British History Online

TEXTS

Monastic Matrix
Scholarly resource for the study of female religious communities 400-1600. Includes texts of primary and secondary sources.

Epistolae: Medieval Womens' Letters
Collection of Latin letters to and from women in the Middle Ages, from the 4th to the 13th century.

Feminine Versions of the Rule of St Benedict
Versions in Latin, English, French and German from the Medieval and Early-Modern periods.

Conduct Literature for Women
The Conduct Literature series brings back into print rare and hard-to-find writings of the early modern period which offered guidance to women in all aspects of their daily lives.

Agnolo Firenzuola, Delle bellezze delle donne
From De Bibliotheca.

Other Womens' Voices
Translations of womens' writing from before 1700.

British Women Romantic Poets 1789-1832
Electronic collection of texts.

 

LIBRARIES

The Womens' Library

Archival sites for Womens' Studies
Guide to archives related to Womens' Studies, mainly in the US.