‘Οὐλτραϊεκτείνων μέγα κῦδος πότνια κούρη, the great glory and mighty maiden of Utrecht’: Greek eulogies in honour of Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678)’

P. van Beek

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Abstract

In the new field of Greek in the Early Modern Period, women are underrepresented. Anna Maria van Schurman, the first female university student in 1636, was a polyglot and wrote in Greek as well. In this chapter I look at the eulogies written in honour of her by academics and politicians.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMeilicha Dôra
Subtitle of host publicationPoems and prose in Greek from Renaissance and early modern Europe
EditorsMika Kajava, Tua Korhonen
Place of PublicationHelsinki
PublisherSocietas Scientiarum Fennica
Pages269-296
Number of pages27
Volume138
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020

Publication series

NameCommentationes Humanarum Litterarum
PublisherSocietas Scientiarum Fennica
Volume138

Keywords

  • Anna Maria van Schurman
  • learned women
  • eulogia in Greek
  • Crucius
  • Voetius
  • Staackman
  • Aemilius
  • early modern
  • Greek

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