Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Translation
5. Women’s Secular Songs
6. I. Selection from the Ambraser Liederbuch, 1582 25
7. II. Selection from the Heidelberger Liederhandschrift 31
8. III. Selection from the Liederbuch der Ottilia Fenchlerin, 1592 32
9. IV. Selection from Clara Hätzlerin’s Songbook 45
10. V. Selections taken from the Züricher Liederbuch and the Berner Liederbuch 48
11. VI. Selection from humanist songbooks 56
12. VII. Selection from the Bergliederbüchlein 61
13. VIII. Selection from miscellany manuscripts 65
14. IX. Georg Forster’s songbooks 69
15. X. Selection from Wolfgang Strizer’s songbook, 1588 72
16. XI. Selection from Jacob Regnarts’s and Leonard Lechner’s songbook, 1579 74
17. Women’s Religious Songs
18. Introduction 75
19. I. Elisabeth Creutzigerin or Crucigerin 77
20. II. Mary Queen of Hungary 79
21. III. Agnes, Duchess of Saxony 82
22. IV. Annelein of Freiburg 83
23. V. Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg 85
24. VI. Magdalena Bekin 92
25. VII. Magdalena Heymairin 95
26. VIII. Margaretha, Duchess of Anhalt 101
27. IX. Marie Cleopha, Countess of Sultz 104
28. X. Klara, Duchess of Pomerania 108
29. XI. Conclusion 110
30. Interpretive Essay
31. The Rediscovery of Women’s Voices through the Investigation of Hitherto Ignored Sources 113
32. Annotated Bibliography 141
33. Index 155