Gender and the City Before Modernity

Gender and the City before Modernity presents a series of multi-disciplinary readings that explore issues relating to the role of gender in a variety of cities of the ancient, medieval, and early modern worlds.

• Presents an inter-disciplinary collection of readings that reveal new insights into the intersection of gender, temporality, and urban space
• Features a wide geographical and methodological range
• Includes numerous illustrations to enhance clarity

Lin Foxhall is Professor of Greek Archaeology and History at the University of Leicester. She has written extensively on issues related to gender, agriculture and land use in classical antiquity.

Gabriele Neher is Lecturer in Renaissance Art History at the University of Nottingham. She is also Reviews Editor for the journal Gender & History.