Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Philosophical History of the Armed Woman 12
7. 2. The Poetic and the Real: The Chivalric-Epic Commentary of the Armed Woman 43
8. 3. Women Writers Demanding Warrior Masculinity: Catherine of Siena, Laura Terracina, Chiara Matraini, and Isabella Cervoni 79
9. 4. Classical and Christian Models of Warring Women: From Plutarch to Boccaccio 120
10. 5. The Noble Warrior Woman (1440–1550) 152
11. 6. The Fame of Women and the Infamy of Men in the Age of Warring Queens (1550–1600) 197
12. Conclusion 229
13. Notes 233
14. Bibliography 291
15. Index 321