Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal

The only journal devoted solely to the interdisciplinary and global study of women and gender spanning the late medieval through early modern periods

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Early Modern Women Journal is now on Twitter! Follow us for updates about the journal, announcements, news, and assorted tweets about early modern women

[Dr. Sarah Joan Moran @LC_Beguines]

Hear ye, hear ye!

My book is in production!

https://t.co/bVNWQ3P8iH

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This article from Early Modern Women examines the reading and translation practices of Margaret Tyler, the only early modern woman to translate a 16th-century romance from its original Spanish source directly into English. https://t.co/lzWm9hQVmM. @SSEMWomenGender

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🔔 Last chance to apply! The Sixteenth Century Journal seeks a new senior editor. Apply by May 1: https://t.co/tR6rRuC2Bm @16CSociety

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Delighted to announce that the spring 2026 issue of Early Modern Women is out! Featuring four articles, the annual Conversations on Early Modern Women and Race, three exhibition reviews, and twenty-five book reviews #EarlyModern https://t.co/FBHY67v0wb

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

St Clare of Assisi, the first woman to write - and defend - a Rule for her own congregation of women. (Ms UCD-OFM B44 in @ucdarchives ) #InternationalWomensDay

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

On 16 Sept 1642 Rosa O'Doherty signed this letter. Here it is for #InternationalWomensDay , 384 years later. This is possibly a unique surviving example of a 17thC signature of a #Gaelic Irishwoman. (The letter is now in @ucdarchives part of the Franciscan collection)

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What can we glean about early modern women based on the readers' marks left in Bibles? This article from The Sixteenth Century Journal examines marginalia in Bibles and psalm books to offer insight into early modern women as Bible readers https://t.co/tUHRFr5sVH @16CSociety

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Using case studies, this article from English Literary Renaissance considers the broad implications of the use of recycled pages of print in early modern English culture. Read it here: https://t.co/1c8ytsk6Xp @_ELRJournal

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This article from Early Modern Women highlights a form of parainstitutional female religious life, called "bizocche" (tertiaries, nuns or sisters, or house nuns), placing them within a larger historical framework. https://t.co/i4E1ZmtMPW. @SSEMWomenGender

[Géraud Poumarède @GPoumarede]

C'est avec un très grand plaisir que je vous annonce la parution aux @editionsPedone du livre collectif "Diplomatie de femmes, Femmes en diplomatie du Moyen Âge au XVIIIe siècle", codirigé avec Lucien Bély et Matthieu Gellard.

[Dr. Sarah Joan Moran @LC_Beguines]

CFP: Conference, 'Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750', University of Oxford, 18-19 June 2026

Deadline: 28 February 2026

Paper proposals are invited for this conference on the overlooked role of early modern women as writers of history. See https://t.co/XBqTYNyMYR.

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Gerard ter Borch

A Woman and a Child Making Lace, dated #otd Jan 21, 1629.

(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)

[Dr. Sarah Joan Moran @LC_Beguines]

Call for Papers – Special Issue of Art Journal
Divine Visions: A Global Exploration of Devotional Art and Iconography, c. 1200–1700

Deadline March 1.

Link for submissions:
https://t.co/uHuhLMpneH

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CfP📢The History of Women Religious in Britain and Ireland Annual Conference (@H_WRBI)
📆 11-12 June 2026 |🌍Queen Mary University (London)
⏰Deadline: 30 January 2026
🔗https://t.co/Dn6AwSf3jm

#HistoryofWomen #ReligiousHistory #CFP #EarlyModern

[Dr Elizabeth Norton @ENortonHistory]

Catherine Howard’s only surviving letter. It’s written in her own hand and addressed to Thomas Culpepper, her alleged lover. It’s signed ‘yours as long as life endures, Katheryn’. On display in the National Archives’ brand new exhibition, Love Letters, which opens on Saturday #loveletters

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It's Universal Letter Writing Week. This article from Early Modern Women studies how letter writing by women helped preserve family history in early modern Italy. Read here: https://t.co/cmfOZfpjsg @SSEMWomenGender

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#herbook

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

A devotional book from Queen Catherine of Braganza’s personal library held at
@UshawLibrary

Today is both her nameday & birthday as she was born #otd 25 Nov 1638, the feast of Catherine of Alexandria.

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Painted glass of a young woman with roses in her hand, c. 1650 - c. 1675. (Rijksmuseum) Broken but beautiful.

[Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos en la Modernidad @iehm_uib]

#CFP Congreso ‘Mujeres y escrituras de comunidad en la España de la Edad Moderna (siglos XVI–XVIII)’. Organiza @Proyecto_Bieses
📆9-11 abril 2026
📍Edificio de Humanidades de la UNED en Madrid
✏️Envío de propuestas hasta el 5 de diciembre
ℹ️Información: https://t.co/fAMyV56XyL

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The latest post on the EMFBO blog is about a book that the poet Katherine Philips gave to Mary Jeffreys; a find with real scholarly implications for the study of Philips https://t.co/8KGxFAQTi7 #HerBook @BettyBelphoebe