Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-154) and index
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CONTENTS; Introduction; Recent scholarship; The current situation in medieval feminism; New avenues?; About the texts; Acknowledgments; TRANSLATION; Women's Secular Songs; I. Selection from the Ambraser Liederbuch, 1582; II. Selection from the Heidelberger Liederhandschrift; III. Selection from the Liederbuch der Ottilia Fenchlerin, 1592; IV. Selection from Clara Hätzlerin's Songbook; V. Selections taken from the Züricher Liederbuch and the Berner Liederbuch; VI. Selection from humanist songbooks; Johannes Heer of Glarus; Ludwig Iselin; VII. Selection from the Bergliederbüchlein
VIII. Selection from miscellany manuscriptsIX. Georg Forster's songbooks; X. Selection from Wolfgang Strizer's songbook, 1588; XI. Selection from Jacob Regnarts's and Leonard Lechner's songbook, 1579; Women's Religious Songs; Introduction; I. Elisabeth Creutzigerin or Crucigerin; II. Mary Queen of Hungary; III. Agnes, Duchess of Saxony; IV. Annelein of Freiburg; V. Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg; VI. Magdalena Bekin; VII. Magdalena Heymairin; VIII. Margaretha, Duchess of Anhalt; IX. Marie Cleopha, Countess of Sultz; X. Klara, Duchess of Pomerania; XI. Conclusion; Interpretive Essay
The Rediscovery of Women's Voices through the Investigation of Hitherto Ignored SourcesDid late-medieval women actually compose love poetry?; The history of late-medieval and early-modern popular poetry; The female voice in late-medieval and early-modern popular poetry; Religious poetry; Outlook; ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX