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Record Number: 7497 Author(s)/Creator(s): Parker , Holt N. Contributor(s): Title: Women and Humanism: Nine Factors for the Woman Learning Source: Viator 35, ( 2004): Pages 581 - 616. Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Education Family Humanism Latin Language Learning and Scholarship Noble Women Award Note: Geographic Area: General Century: 15- 16- 17 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: This article attempts a survey of the phenomenon of the learned woman in the Renaissance to 1600. It singles out and examines nine factors that increased the possibility of a girl receiving a humanist education; each modifies the notion of humanism exclusively as preparation for men in public life: 1) It helped to be royal. 2) It helped to be noble. 3) It helped to be magnificent. 4) It helped to be at court. 5) It helped to have a humanist father. 6) It helped to have a brother. 7) It helped to have parents who believed in the moral value of "humanitas." 8) It helped to be Protestant. 9) It helped to love learning. [Reproduced from the journal website: http://brepols.metapress.com/content/121213/?p=afdbc79947a4444b9739ff05942fde63&pi=0] Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Cincinnati Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2004. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 00835897

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