https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a en-us 2018-04-24 17:43:06 UTC 2019-05-13 17:10:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f596.png acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258460063 "Social class and wealth were the chief determinants of the path a woman's life would take in the Renaissance." ]]> 2018-05-07 10:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258460063 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258461244 "These young women had the free time to devote to study, but like all elite females, despite their intellect or because of it, they eventually faced pressure to marry or enter convents” (Hurlburt 2). Wifehood and motherhood were often chosen over their scholarship, which was due to their male humanist partners. Nogarola and Fedele chose this option and turned back only when widowhood allowed them the freedom to return to their studies."]]> 2018-05-07 10:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258461244 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258462342 "During the sixteenth century women writers appeared in every major European country, and although the career of a woman author was still extraordinary, there were more women who wrote in this period than at any other time in the past. Humanism was one important force in producing this change; many humanists elevated the importance given to women's education." ]]> 2018-05-07 10:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258462342 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258462744 French/Italian 1364-1430]]> 2018-05-07 10:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258462744 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258463049 Italian 1492-1547]]> 2018-05-07 10:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258463049 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258472122 2018-05-07 11:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258472122 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258472558 French 1524-1566]]> 2018-05-07 11:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258472558 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258637496 RESEARCH QUESTION: Who are some important women writers during the Renaissance, and what did they write about? 

THESIS STATEMENT DRAFT: Christine de Pizan, Vittoria Colonna, and Louise Labe were three women writers of the Renaissance period who wrote about their personal experiences, religion, and the role of women in society. 

]]> 2018-05-07 17:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/258637496 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/261212778 Widow 
Took up writing to support herself 
1st poems - ballads to late husband 
Prose - wrote of women's heroism 
After battle of Agincourt, retired to a convent - died 1430 
Father was court astrologer for France's King Charles V - join father in France at a young age 
Study Greek and Latin 
Access to education/library 
15 - Married Etienne du Castel, member of French court - died of plague?
3 children - support of artistic endeavors; also cared for mother and niece
When her father died, connection to French monarchy ceased
Support from royals - continue to write - Biography of Charles V 
Modernity looking back - Epistre au dieu d'amour, La cite des dames. ]]> 2018-05-16 13:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/261212778 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/261216024 Broke traditional gender roles 
Few educated women of the time period 
First woman in Europe to successfully make a living through writing 
Charles V died, father lost position at court - ill and died 1385. CP assumes care for her family. Etienne took ill abroad with Charles VI. 
Sent prose/poetry to members of the court - sent her money in return - begin commissioning work for her. ]]> 2018-05-16 13:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/261216024 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/261219539 http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1710&context=mff]]> 2018-05-16 13:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/261219539 acorvo https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/358008639 French feminist poet 1524-1566 - ]]> 2019-05-08 12:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/acorvo/wt098z2knq9a/wish/358008639