Question # 1 – Renegade Women book by Eric Dursteler In recent years historians have argued for a “global Renaissance” that places the notion of the Italian Renaissance in a more global context. How does Eric Dursteler’s book contribute to a more global understanding of the Italian Renaissance?
In order to answer this larger historiographical question, you should look closely at the three case studies Dursteler discusses in his book. Why might women become renegades in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century Mediterranean? Do you see gender roles and religious identity as more fixed or flexible in the early modern Mediterranean? Why or why not?