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[[category: Women’s Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875]] [[category: Erschienen 2010]] [[category: ExLibrisMG]] [[category: niederländische Literatur]] [[category: Frauen]] [[category: Gemert, Lia van]] [[category: Hadewijch]] [[category: Jacobs, Berta]] [[category: niederländische Lyrik]]  
[[category: Bijns, Anna]] [[category: Baerts, Marta]] [[category: Gerijts, Soetken]] [[category: Teellinck, Cornelia]] [[category: Boudewijns, Katharina]] [[category: Roemers Visscher, Anna]] [[category: Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, Maria]] [[category: Schurman, Anna Maria van]] [[category: Questiers, Catharina]] [[category: Veer, Cornelia van der]] [[category: Ogier, Barbara]] [[category: Lescailje, Catharina]] [[category: Gordon, Geertruyd]] [[category: Brongersma, Titia]] [[category: Gavre, Johanna de]] [[category: Hoofmann, Elisabeth]] [[category: Merken, Lucretia Wilhelmina van]] [[category: Timmerman, Petronella Johanna de]]  [[category: Sytzama, Clara Feyoena van]] [[category: Bekker, Elisabeth]] [[category: Deken, Agatha]] [[category: Lannoy, Juliana Cornelia de]] [[category: Post, Elisabeth Maria]] [[category: Ockerse, Antonia]] [[category: Moens, Petronella]]  [[category: Piré, Joanna Catharina]] [[category: Doolaeghe, Maria-Francisca]] 




Women’s Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875. A Bilingual Anthology edited by Lia van Gemert (chief ed.) Hermina Joldersma, Olga van Marion, Dieuwke van der Poel, Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen with contributions from José van Aelst, Kristiaan Aercke, Orlanda Lie, Wybren Scheepsma. Translations Myra Heerspink Scholz, Brenda Mudde, Paul Vincent. (Amsterdam Anthologies). amsterdam university press, 2010 (ebook)



== Table of Contents ==

*Preface and Acknowledgments 17 lia van gemert and hermina joldersma 
*Introduction: Women’s Writing from the Low Countries 1200–1875 21 
*1 Women’s Writing from the Low Countries 1200 - 1575 21 dieuwke van der poeland hermina joldersma 
**The Medieval Low Countries 21 
**Women’s Religious Writing 25 
**Secular Writing by Women 33 
*2 Women’s Writing from the Low Countries 1575 - 1875 39 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
**The Low Countries 1575 - 1875 39 
**Secular Writing by Women 
**Women’s Religious Writing 
*3 Inspired and resolute: Alijit Bake  wybren scheepsma 
**The Fourth Way of the Cross [Den vierden wech]

*4 An urban anchoress: Berta Jacobs. José van aelst 
** Christmas Treatise [Kersttraktaat] 100 
** Song II. Yet Another Song [Lied II. Een ander leydeken] 106 
*5 ‘As Sister Souken was wont to say’: The Diepenveen Book of Sisters 112 wybren scheepsma 
** Sister Souken van Dorsten, a Devout Canoness 114 [Van suster Souken van Dorsten, een devote choersuster] 
*6 ‘Some say that this book was written by a woman named Christine’: The Flemish Book of The City of Ladies 120 orlanda lie 
** Here ends the book which is called The City of Ladies (Chapter 20) 122 [Hier hendt dat bouc dat men heet De Stede der Vrauwen (Cappittel 20)] 
** Here speaks the one who translated it (Chapter 21) 124 [Hier spreict de ghone diet ghetranslateirt heift (Cappittel 21)]
*7 Recording Practical Experience for Posterity. orlanda lie 
** These are the symptoms that we use here for diagnosing leprosy 132 [Dit sijn de poeynten vanden beziecten daer af dat men hier huut gheeft] 
*8 What Every Midwife Needs to Know: The Trotula 138 orlanda lie 
** Albertus’ Instruction to Midwives 140 [Albertus’ instructies aan vroedvrouwen] 
*9 ‘Just Like a Rose in Bloom’: Women and Religious Song 144 dieuwkevan der poel 
** Jesus, my Lord, so dear to me [Jhesus mijn alreliefste heer] 146 
** In heaven far above [Hier boven in den hemel] 148 
** The many birds upon this earth [Die voghelen van deser aerden] 152 
** I’m wounded deep within [Ghequest ben ic van binnen] 156 
*10 Word as Weapon in a Holy Mission: Anna Bijns 160 kristiaan aercke 
** Oh Lord, enlighten the blind In this new year 162 [O Heere, wilt alle blinde verlichten nu Met dit nieuwe Jaer] 
** The wealthier alive, the sorrier dead 166 [Hoe weeldegher leven, hoe zwaarder doodt] 
** But all my effort shall be wasted, I fear! 166 [Och sal mijnen aerbeijdt al verlooren sijn?] 
** I got married, but now I’d rather be alone! 168 [Een hebic getrout, och mocht icse laten!] 
** Sour rather than sweet it is my lot to drink 172 [Meer zuers dan soets moet ic eenpaerlijk drincken] 
*11 Adamant Voices from Prison: Female Anabaptists 176 hermina joldersma 
** Claesken Gaeledochter, This is the Confession of a Woman 178 Named Claesken [Dit is de Belijdinge van een vrouwe ghenaemt Claesken] 
** Martha Baerts, To My Sister Betken, a Lovely Spiritual Song 182 [Aen mijn Suster Betken, Een schoen Geestelick Liedeken] 
** Soetken van den Houte, A Testament [Een Testament] 186 

*12 The Gift of Beautiful Words: Women’s Alba Amicorum 190 hermina joldersma 
** Owners and Contributors [Eigenaressen en bijdragers] 192 
** Proverbs and Sayings [Spreekwoorden en gezegden] 194 
** An Aunt’s Advice to Her Niece, 1586 196 [Raad van een tante aan een nicht, 1586] 
** A New Song [Eijn nieu Lit] 198 
** Young Women and Their Suitors: Joanna and Floris 202 [Jonge vrouwen en hun vrijers: Joanna en Floris] 
*13 A Blind Guide: Soetken Gerijts 206 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** Song 25 [Dat 25. liedeken] 208 
*14 A Model of Godly Reformed Womanhood: Cornelia Teellinck 217 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** A Song Composed on the Death of Her Husband 218 [Een ander [liedeken] gemaakt op haars mans overlijden] 15 
*15 A Staunch Catholic: Katharina Boudewijns 222 lia van gemert 
** A fine Air on the Holy Sacrament 224 [Een schoon liedeke van ’t Heilig Sacrament] 
** A fine Air on Patience [Een schoon liedeken van patiëntie] 228 
*16 Poetic Wit and Self-Deprecation: Anna Roemers Visscher 232 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** To Miss Georgette de Montenay [Aan joffrouw Georgette de Montenay] 234 
** To the Highly Learned and Renowned Poet Daniel Heinsius 236 [Aan den hooggeleerden ende vermaarden poëet Daniel Heinsius] 
** To the Learned Gentleman Jacob Cats 238 [Aan den geleerden heer Jacob Cats] 
** Tightly Shut, Brightly Lit [Licht en dicht (Sinnepoppen I, XXXVI)] 240 
** Penetrat et Solidiora [Penetrat et solidiora (Minne-poppen V)] 242 
*17 The Truest of Friends: Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher olga van marion 
** To My Lord Hooft on the Death of Lady van Zuilichem [Aan mijnheer Hooft op het overlijden van Mevrouw van Zuilichem] 
** A Traveller on Earth [Die reizen wil op aard] 
** To My Lord Hooft [Aan mijnheer Hooft] 
*18 Choosing the Better Part: Anna Maria van Schurman olga van marion 
** On the Sermon [Op het sermoen] 
** Eucleria 
*19 Obstinately Pursuing Her Own Course: Anna Berchmans lia van gemert 
** A Troublesome Child [Een dwarse jeugd] 
** Her Overwhelming Desire to Become a Beguine [Allesoverheersend verlangen naar het begijnhof] 
*20 Uncommon Communal Songs from the Brussels Beguinage: 267 J.G. orI.G. lia van gemert 
** The Sound of All the Bells of Brussels 268 [’t Geluid van alle de klokskens van Brussel] 
*21 Anchoress and Autobiographer: Maria Petyt 276 olga van marion 
** Writing, Active and Passive [Schrijven en geschreven worden] 278 
** Severe Temptations [Zware verzoekingen] 280 
** Becoming Null and Void [Vernieting] 282 
*22 Contesting the Laurel Crown: 286 Catharina Questiers and Cornelia van der Veer lia van gemert 
** C. Questiers, Neither One [Geen van beiden] 288 
** C. Questiers, Apollo’s Judgment, to Miss Cornelia van der Veer 290 [Apollo’s oordeel aan Juffr. Cornelia van der Veer]
** C. van der Veer, Second Attempt, to Miss Catharina Questiers 294 [Tweede verleg aan Juffr. Catharina Questiers] 
** C. van der Veer, Complaint to the Very Witty Katharine Lescailje 298 [Klacht aan de volgeestige Katharine Lescailje] 
*23 Opportunities for Women in the Chambers of Rhetoric: Barbara Ogier 302 lia van gemert 
** The Death of Achilles [De Doot van Achilles] 304 
*24 A Life of Books: Katharina Lescailje 308 lia van gemert 
** To Galatea [Aan Galathé] 310 
** On a Different Note: To Love [Anders. Aan de liefde] 312 
** To Lady Sara de Canjoncle [Aan jongkvrouwe Sara de Canjoncle] 314 
*25 Courageous and Broad-Minded: Geertruyd Gordon 316 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** Delights of the Poetic Spirit [Verrukking aan de poëetse luim] 318 
*26 Strong and Independent: Titia Brongersma 320 lia van gemert 
** On a Garden Spider [Op een bonte gekruiste spin] 322 
** The Raging Lioness [De woedende leeuwin] 324 
** On the Portrait of Elise [Op de afbeeldinge van Eliseen] 326 
*27 The Mystical Songs of an Ambitious ‘Spiritual Daughter’: J(ohanna) d(e) G(avre)/G(rave) 330 olga van marion 
** The Soul Meditates [De ziel doet haar meditatie] 332 
** All the Things of the World [Alle de zaken des werelds] 334 
*28 Unorthodox in Everything: Isabella de Moerloose 338 olga van marion 
** Peace Tract [Vrede tractaet] 340 
*29 Victim of Distortive Editing: Elisabeth Hoofman 344 lia van gemert 
** Better Brown than Blonde [Bruin boven blond] 346 
** Lament on the Serious Illness of My Husband 348 [Klachten over de zwaare krankheid van mijn Echtgenoot] 
*30 A Pietist Autobiography: Eva van der Groe 353 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** The Path to Conversion of Eva van der Groe: Misguided Love of Reading 354 [Bekeeringsweg van Eva van der Groe: Verkeerde leeslust] 
** The Path to Conversion of Eva van der Groe: Marriage 354 [Bekeeringsweg van Eva van der Groe: Huwelijk] 
*31 Poet for the Love of Her Country: Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken 356 olga van marion 
** Night Thoughts [Nachtgepeinzen] 358 * Elizabeth, Queen of England, to Henry the Great, King of France 364 [Elisabeth, Koningin van Engeland, aan Hendrik den Grooten, Koning van Vrankryk] 
** Germanicus 370 
*32 The Epitome of an Enlightenment Woman: Petronella Johanna de Timmerman 374 olga van marion 
** On the Comet [Op de staartstar] 376 
** The Metamorphosis of a Caterpillar [De herschepping ener rups] 380 
*33 At the Heart of a Student Poetry Society: Clara Feyoena van Sytzama 384 olga van marion 
** To a Philosopher [Aan een wijsgeer] 386 
** Clarissa’s Lament [De klagende Clarisse] 386 
** To My Fellow Country Folk [Aan mijne dorp- en veltgenoten] 392 
*34 The Unknown International Bestselling Author: Margareta Geertruid van der Werken 396 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** Little Grandison, Letter XVIII [De kleine Grandisson, brief XXIII] 398 
** Little Grandison, Letter XIX [De kleine Grandisson, brief XXIV] 400 
*35 Fast Friends: Elisabeth Bekker and Agatha Deken 402 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** A. Deken, The Kindred Soul [De zielsvriendin] 406 
** E. Bekker, The Same to the Same [Dezelfde aan dezelfde] 408 
** Sara Burgerhart, Tenth Letter [Sara Burgerhart, Tiende brief] 410 
** Writing of an Old Woman [Geschrift eener bejaarde vrouw] 414 
*36 Writing as a Way of Life: Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy 418 lia van gemert 
** To My Intellect [Aan myn geest] 420 
** The Perfect Man [De volmaakte man] 422 
** The Banquet [Het gastmaal] 424 
*37 Rural Idylls: Elisabeth Maria Post 428 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** The Country [Het land] 430 
** Reinhart 432 
** Cheri 436 
** Sacrifice of Love [Offer der liefde] 440 
*38 Love, Death and Suffering: Antonia (‘Antoinette’) Ockerse 446 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** To Melancholy [Aan de melancholie] 448 * To Selmar. Before My Confinement [Aan Selmar. Vóór mijne bevalling] 450 
*39 A Blind Beacon: Petronella Moens 454 lia van gemert 
** An Example of Womanly Compassion 456 [Voorbeeld van vrouwelijk mededogen] 
** The Good Child [Het deugdzaam kind] 460 
*40 A Manly Spirit in a Sickly Body: Margaretha Jacoba de Neufville 462 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** The Smaller Virtues [De kleine pligten] 464 
*41 A Pioneer of Girls’ Education: Anna Barbara Schilperoort 470 olga van marion 
** On the Caloric [Over de warmtestof] 472 
** Domestic Servant’s Almanac for the Leap Year 1840 476 [Almanak voor dienstboden, voor het schrikkeljaar 1840] 
*42 Good Cheer at the Beguinage in Lier: Joanna Catharina Piré 480 lia van gemert 
** Mouse, mouse, come out of your house 482 [Muis, muis sa kom eens uit uw kluis] 
** Well, will this last forever [Wel zal dit nog langer duren] 484 
*43 The Dutch Joan of Arc: Maria Aletta Hulshoff 490 olga van marion 
** Appeal to the Batavian People [Oproeping van het Bataafsche volk] 492 
** Cowpox Inoculation Discussed 496 [De koepok-inënting beschouwd] 
*44 An Everyday Patriot: Maria-Francisca Doolaeghe 500 lia van gemert 
** Flanders’ Agriculture [Vlaanderens landbouw] 502 
** Palfyn 506 
*45 Female Psychology: Elisabeth Johanna Hasebroek 512 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** Two Women [Twee vrouwen] 514 
*46 Social Criticism from the Belgian Beecher Stowe: Johanna Desideria Berchmans 520 lia van gemert 
** Aunt Clara’s Cabin [De hut van Tante Klara] 522 

*47 Competing with the Best: Anna Louisa Geertruida Toussaint 528 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** Major Frank [Majoor Frans] 530 
*48 AVersatile Pen: Eliza Carolina Ferdinanda Schiotling 538 riet schenkeveld-van der dussen 
** Theobald and Rosamund [Theobald en Rosamunda] 540 
*49 A Witty Pioneer of Realism: Jeanette Delcroix 548 lia van gemert 
** Fernandina and Frederika, or Jewels among Women 550 [Fernandina en Frederika of der vrouwen-peerlen] 
*50 A Superb Duo: Rosalie Loveling and Virginie Loveling 558 lia van gemert 
** R. Loveling, Master Huyghe [Meester Huyghe] 562 
** V. Loveling, The Tormenting Thought [De kwellende gedachte] 570 
*Bibliography 576 Index of Names and Subjects 598 Index of Titles and First Lines 612 Illustrations 623 Notes on the Editors, Contributors and Translators 624