Perspectives on Feminist Political Thought in European History: From Middle Ages to the Present edited by:Akkerman, TjitskeSiep, Stuurman edited by Tjitske Akkerman and Siep Stuurman - New York : Routledge, © 2005. - ix, 246p.

Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader contexts of their time. This intriguing collection of essays shows that feminism is not a varient of modern radical discourse but a mode of analysing the issues of authority, power and virtue that have been at the heart of European political thought from the middle ages.

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Feminist theory --History--Europe
Social conditions--Middle Ages --Europe
Women -- History--Europe --Political activity
Women's rights -- History--Europe
Social history --20th century--Europe

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