Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025)

Early Modern Women in the Low Countries: Past Achievements and Future Perspectives
Edited by Lieke van Deinsen, Feike Dietz, and Nina Lamal

The publication of this special issue was made possible thanks to the financial support of:
Dr. C. Louise Thijssen-Schoute Stichting
Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde

Published: 25-04-2025

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Introduction Towards a Multifaceted History of Early Modern Women in the Low Countries

Nina Lamal, Lieke van Deinsen, Feike Dietz

1-13
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Women and Work in the Dutch Republic

Ariadne Schmidt

14-33
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Occupational Matrilineages in the Printing House Petitions for Licenses as a Source for Scholarship on Early Modern Women

Heleen Wyffels

34-44
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Women in Early Modern Dutch Maritime and Colonial Worlds Historiographical Currents and New Perspectives

Suze Zijlstra

45-65
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Home, Enslavement, and Gender Re-encountering the Stuyvesants’s Bowery

Nicole Saffold Maskiell

66-75
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Women and Political Agency in the Early Modern Low Countries

Lidewij Nissen, Dries Raeymaekers

76-87
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The Roles of Ambassadresses in Early Modern Diplomacy The Promise of Digitised Seventeenth-Century Dutch Newspapers

Nina Lamal

88-100
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Women and Reformation in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries A Historiographical Lacuna

Christine Kooi

101-115
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A Dominican Sister from Antwerp Her Bible, Her Memories, Her Prayers

Renske Hoff

116-124
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The Mystical Union Between Christ and His Brides Devotional Prints as a Source for Catholic Women’s History

Evelyne Verheggen

125-142
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Science on Women and Women in Science in the Dutch Republic

Lieke van Deinsen, Karen Hollewand

143-159
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Finding Women in the University Archives Women’s Scholarships and Their Impact on the Early Modern University

Claire Morrison

160-171
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Rational Witches? The Agency of Women on Trial for Supernatural Crimes in Early Modern Ghent

Jonas Roelens

172-182
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Women and Authorship in the Low Countries Towards a Differentiated and Collaborative Approach

Feike Dietz, Nina Geerdink

183-200
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Katharina Lescailje’s Ariadne and Public Femininity Playbooks as a Source for Scholarship on Early Modern Women

Martine van Elk

201-209
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Listening to Women's Letters

Rebekah Ahrendt, David van der Linden

210-219
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Women and Artistic Production in the Long Seventeenth Century in the Low Countries

Catherine Powell-Warren

220-239
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Low Countries Women as Funders of Art and Architecture Gender, Property Rights, and the Financing of the Flemish Baroque

Sarah Joan Moran

240-263
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Michaelina Wautier’s Flower Garland with Butterfly Investigated Technical Studies as a Source for Scholarship on Early Modern Women

Kirsten Derks, Koen Janssens, Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Geert Van der Snickt

264-276
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Afterword Reflections on Early Modern Women in the Low Countries and Beyond

Merry Wiesner-Hanks

277-297
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025)

Article

Introduction Towards a Multifaceted History of Early Modern Women in the Low Countries

Women and Work in the Dutch Republic

Occupational Matrilineages in the Printing House Petitions for Licenses as a Source for Scholarship on Early Modern Women

Women in Early Modern Dutch Maritime and Colonial Worlds Historiographical Currents and New Perspectives

Home, Enslavement, and Gender Re-encountering the Stuyvesants’s Bowery

Women and Political Agency in the Early Modern Low Countries

The Roles of Ambassadresses in Early Modern Diplomacy The Promise of Digitised Seventeenth-Century Dutch Newspapers

Women and Reformation in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries A Historiographical Lacuna

A Dominican Sister from Antwerp Her Bible, Her Memories, Her Prayers

The Mystical Union Between Christ and His Brides Devotional Prints as a Source for Catholic Women’s History

Science on Women and Women in Science in the Dutch Republic

Finding Women in the University Archives Women’s Scholarships and Their Impact on the Early Modern University

Rational Witches? The Agency of Women on Trial for Supernatural Crimes in Early Modern Ghent

Women and Authorship in the Low Countries Towards a Differentiated and Collaborative Approach

Katharina Lescailje’s Ariadne and Public Femininity Playbooks as a Source for Scholarship on Early Modern Women

Listening to Women's Letters

Women and Artistic Production in the Long Seventeenth Century in the Low Countries

Low Countries Women as Funders of Art and Architecture Gender, Property Rights, and the Financing of the Flemish Baroque

Michaelina Wautier’s Flower Garland with Butterfly Investigated Technical Studies as a Source for Scholarship on Early Modern Women

Afterword Reflections on Early Modern Women in the Low Countries and Beyond

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