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Renaissance Society of America Convention, April 2010
The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women, 1558–1680
Author(s) -
ScottBaumann Elizabeth,
Harris Johanna
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2011.00804.x
Subject(s) - intellectualism , the renaissance , convention , culture of the united states , classics , sociology , law , history , literature , political science , art , art history
This essay introduces The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women, 1558–1680, a cluster of papers presented at the Renaissance Society of America Convention in 2010. Like the longer essays presented in The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women, 1558–1680 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), ed. Scott‐Baumann and Harris, this cluster argues that early modern women’s puritanism formed and developed rather than prohibited their substantial and leading contributions to their culture. This introductory essay investigates the concepts of both intellectual culture and puritanism, and also argues that the vibrant role of women in puritan intellectual culture has been neglected. The essays which complete the cluster provide case studies which highlight the local, national, and international dimensions of early modern puritan culture and reveal an intellectualism characterized by networks of patronage, translation, manuscript circulation and correspondence.