History of Women from Ancient Times to the Enlightenment

WMST 520 / 320 (3)

(Also offered as HIST 520)

Study of sex roles in primitive societies, classical views of women, the Judeo-Christian treatment of women, medieval social roles and the changes that came with the Renaissance and Reformation. Attention will be paid to the role of women in the family and to their economic function as well as to the less common activities of saint, witch and revolutionary.