WRITERS LIVING BETWEEN 1501 AND 1600

• al-Hussein, Sukaina bint [aka Sukayna bint al-Husayn] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Albana, Lucia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Alciati, Laura Gabrielki degli (fl. 16th cent.)
• Aldobrandina, Liona (fl. 16th cent.)
• Aliprandi, Ortensia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Andreini, Isabella, 1562-1604 [aka Isabella Canali] (1562 - 1604) ; More Information
• Anger, Jane, fl. 1589 (fl. 1589)
  • Jane Anger, Her Protection for Women (HTML at pinn.net)
• Anguissola, Sofonisba, ca. 1532 or 3-1625 (ca. 1535 - 1625) ; More Information
• Aragona, Giulia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Aragona, Tullia d', ca. 1510-1556 (1510 - 1556) ; More Information ; More Information
• Aringhieri, Ermelma [aka Ermelma de' Ceretani] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Askew, Anne, 1521-1546 (1521 - 1546)
  • Select Works of John Bale, D.D., Bishop of Ossory: Containing the Examinations of Lord Cobham, William Thorpe, and Anne Askew, and The Image of Both Churches (Cambridge: Printed at the University press, 1849) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Atalanta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Avalo, Costanza d' (fl. 16th cent.)
• B., Francesca (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610 (ca. 1528 - 1610)
• Baffa, Francesca (fl. 1540)
• Battiferri degli Ammannati, Laura, 1523-1589 (1523 - 1589)
• Beaton, Mary (ca. 1543 - ca. 1597)
• Beaufort, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1443-1509 (1443 - 1509)
• Berenice G. (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bertana, Lucia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bichi, Pia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Bigolina, Giulia, d. 1569 (ca. 1516 - ca. 1569) ; More Information ; More Information
• Bijns, Anna (1493 - 1575) ; Wikipedia
• Boudewijns, Katharina (ca. 1520 - ca. 1603)
• Boursier, Louise Bourgeois, ca. 1563-1636 [aka Louise Bourgeois] (1563 - December 20, 1636)
• Brabant, Marie de (ca. 1530 - ca. 1600)
• Braccalli, Giulia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Braccalli, Selvaggia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Elizabeth von (1519 - 1558)
• Brembata, Emilia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Brunozzi, Cornelia [aka Cornelia de Villani] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Burghley, Mildred Cooke Cecil, Lady, 1526-1589 (August 25, 1526 - April 4, 1589)
• Caccini, Francesca, 1587-ca. 1640 (1587 - ca. 1640)
• Campiglia, Maddalena, 1553-1595 (1553 - 1595)
• Canossa, Egeria (fl. 16th cent.)
• Capece, Isabella (fl. 16th cent.)
• Caraffa, Olimpia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Caro, Ana [aka Ana Caro Mallén de Soto] (ca. 1590 - 1650)
• Cary, Elizabeth, Lady, 1585 or 6-1639 [aka Elizabeth Tanfield Cary; Elizabeth Cary Falkland; Elizabeth Carew; Elizabeth Carey] (ca. 1585 - 1639) ; More Information ; Bibliography ; Wikipedia
  • The History of the Most Unfortunate Prince, King Edward II (delisted: Brown has withdrawn free access)
  • The Tragedie of Mariam, the Faire Queene of Jewry Written by That Learned, Vertuous, and Truly Noble Ladie, E. C. (London: Thomas Creede, for Richard Hawkins, 1613) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Castellana, Gerolema (fl. 16th cent.)
• Castro, Públia Hortênsia de, d. 1595 (1548 - 1595)
• Catharine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 (1485 - 1536)
• Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548 (1512 - September 5, 1548) ; Wikipedia
• Catherine, of Genoa, Saint, 1447-1510 [aka La Beata Catterina; Catherine Fieschi Adorni] (1447 - 1510) ; More Information
  • Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa (with biographical material by unknown author) (HTML and other formats at CCEL)
• Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 (1519 - 1589) ; More Information
• Cavalcanti, Giulia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Celsa, Nicoletta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cepperello, Lisabetta da (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cernínova, Zuzana [aka Zuzana Cerninova z Harasova] (1600 - 1654)
• Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint, 1572-1641 [aka Jeanne Francoise Fremyot Chantal; Jane Frances] (1572 - 1641)
• Cibo, Leonora [aka Leonora de' Vitelli] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Clermont, Catherine de (fl. 1573)
• Coignard, Gabrielle de, d. 1586 (1550 - 1586)
• Colonna, Vittoria, 1492-1547 (1490 - 1547) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Amaro Lagrimar: The Poems of Vittoria Colonna (in English and Italian) (HTML and page images at jimandellen.org)
• Colville of Culross, Elizabeth Colville, Lady [aka Elizabeth Melville] (ca. 1582 - ca. 1640) ; More Information ; More Information
• Cook, Elizabeth (1529 - 1609)
• Coomans, Johanna (ca. 1590 - 1659)
• Corombana, Vittoria (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cortese, Ersilia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Costanza, Bartolomea (fl. 16th cent.)
• Cotta, Cornelia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Crenne, Hélisenne de (ca. 1510 - ca. 1550)
• Cueva y Silva, Leonor de la (ca. 1600 - 1660)
• de Cervaton, Ana (fl. 16th cent.)
• Dentière, Marie, 1495-1561 [aka Marie d'Ennetieres] (ca. 1495 - 1561)
• Des Roches, Catherine Fredonnoit, dame, 1542-1587 (1542 - 1587) ; More Information
• Des Roches, Madeleine Neveu, dame, ca. 1520-1587 (1520 - 1587) ; More Information
• Diana N. (fl. 16th cent.)
• Dolfi, Diamante (fl. 16th cent.)
• Dotta, Gentile (fl. 16th cent.)
• Douglas, Eleanor, Lady, d. 1652 [aka Eleanor Davies; Eleanor Audley; Eleanor Touchet] (1590 - 1652) ; More Information
• Downing, Lucy Winthrop (ca. 1600 - 1679)
• Dowriche, Anne, fl. 1589 (fl. 1589)
• Du Guillet, Pernette, 1520?-1545 (ca. 1520 - 1545)
• Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 [aka Elizabeth Tudor; Queen Elizabeth I of England] (1533 - 1603) ; Onstage at Brown
  • Queene Elizabeth's Speech to Her Last Parliament (HTML at Emory)
• Enríquez de Guzmán, Feliciana (ca. 1580 - 1640)
• Este, Bianca Laura da (fl. 16th cent.)
• Faletta, Leonora (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fedele, Cassandra, 1465?-1558 (ca. 1465 - 1558) ; More Information
• Felice, Andromeda (fl. 16th cent.)
• Ferrari, Maria de' (fl. 16th cent.)
• Figliucci, Lugrezia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fior, Narda (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fiorenza (fl. 16th cent.)
• Fonte, Moderata, 1555-1592 [aka Modesta Pozza] (1555 - 1592) ; More Information ; More Information
• Forteguerri, Laudomia (1515 - 1555)
• Franco, Veronica, 1546-1591 (1546 - 1591) ; More Information ; More Information ; Lettere Familiari ; Terze Rime
• Fratta, Cintia dalla (fl. 16th cent.)
• Freschi, Ortensia Semolina de' (fl. 16th cent.)
• Frescobaldi, Fiammetta (1523 - 1586)
• Galilei, Maria Celeste, 1600-1634 [aka Sister Marie Celeste; Virginia Galilei] (August 13, 1600 - 1634)
• Galindo, Beatriz, ca. 1465-1535 [aka La Latina] (ca. 1465 - November 23, 1535) ; Wikipedia
• Gàmbara, Veronica, 1485-1550 [aka Veronica Gambara] (1485 - 1550) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • Secret Sacred Woods: The Poems of Veronica Gambara (in English and Italian) (HTML at jimandellen.org)
• Gattesca, Candida (fl. 16th cent.)
• Gerrits, Soetjen ( - 1572)
• Golfarini, Anna (fl. 16th cent.)
• Gonzaga, Ippolita (fl. 16th cent.)
• Gournay, Marie Le Jars de, 1565-1645 (October 6, 1565 - July 13, 1645) ; More Information ; More Information
• Gregoria [aka Gentildonna Romana] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554 [aka Jane Dudley] (1537 - 1554) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
• Grumbach, Argula von, 1492-ca. 1568 (ca. 1492 - ca. 1563)
• Grumella, Isotta Grembata (fl. 16th cent.)
• Guidiccioni, Laura (fl. 1550)
• Gulbadan, Begam, 1524-1603 (1524 - 1603)
• Harley, Brilliana, Lady [aka Brilliana Conway Harley] (ca. 1598 - 1643) ; Wikipedia
• Heilsbach, Agnes van (1597 - 1640)
• Heymair, Magdalena (ca. 1545 - )
• Hoby, Margaret, Lady, 1570 or 1-1633 [aka Margaret Dakins Devereux Sidney Hoby] (ca. 1570 - September 6, 1633)
• Hoyers, Anna Ovena, 1584-1655 (1584 - 1655)
• Hutchinson, Anne Marbury, 1591-1643 (1591 - 1643)
• Incerta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624 [aka Esther Kello] (1571 - 1624)
• Isabella d'Este, consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1474-1539 [aka Isabella D'Este] (1474 - 1539) ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait
• Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, 1528-1572 (1528 - 1572)
• Jocelin, Elizabeth, 1596-1622 [aka Elizabeth Joceline] (1596 - 1622)
• Jussie, Jeanne de, 1503-1561 (1503 - 1561)
• L'Aubespine, Madeleine de, 1546-1596 [aka Madeleine de l'Dame de Villeroy Aubespine] (1546 - 1596)
• Labé, Louise, 1526?-1566 [aka Louise Charlin Perrin Labe] (ca. 1520 - 1566) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; In French
• Lacerda, Bernarda Ferreira de, 1595-1644 (1595 - 1644)
• Langosca, Maria (fl. 16th cent.)
• Lanyer, Aemilia [aka Aemilia Bassano Lanyer] (1569 - 1645) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
    • HTML at Arizona
    • HTML at Renascence Editions
• Levi, Rosa (fl. 16th cent.)
• Liébaut, Madame, b. 1545 [aka Nicole Estienne; Olympe] (ca. 1544 - ca. 1596)
• Lincoln, Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of [aka Elizabeth Knevitt Clinton; Elizabeth Knevet] (ca. 1574 - ca. 1630)
  • The Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie (Oxford: John Lichfield And James Short, 1622)
    • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
    • HTML with commentary at Emory
• Lisle, Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess, ca. 1493-1566 [aka Honor Grenville Basset Lisle] (ca. 1493 - 1566)
• Lom, Mechtildis van (1600 - 1653)
• Louise, de Savoie, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476-1531 (1476 - 1531)
• Louise de Coligny, Princess, consort of William I, Prince of Orange, 1555-1620 (1555 - 1620)
• Loynes, Antoinette de (fl. 1560)
• Lumley, Jane Lumley, Baroness, ca. 1537-1577 [aka Jane Fitzalan Lumley; Jane Fitzalan] (ca. 1537 - ca. 1576)
  • Iphigenia at Aulis (London: The Malone Society Reprints, 1909) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Lunata, Alda Torella (fl. 16th cent.)
• Magnacavallo, Cassandra Giovia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Makin, Bathsua, 1600-ca. 1675 [aka Bathsua Reginald] (ca. 1600 - ca. 1675)
  • An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen (HTML at pinn.net)
• Malapiera, Olimpia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Malaspina, Fiametta [aka Fiametta Soderini] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Margaret, of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, 1480-1530 [aka d'Autriche-Bourgogne Marguerite] (1480 - 1530)
• Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549 [aka Marguerite de Navarre d'Angouleme Duchesse d'Alencon] (1492 - 1549) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615 [aka Marguerite de Valois; Margherita di Valois] (1553 - 1615)
  • Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, Written by Herself (Gutenberg text)
• María de San José, 1548-1603 [aka Maria de San Jose Salazar] (1548 - 1603)
• Marie de l'Incarnation, mère, 1599-1672 [aka Marie Guyart] (1599 - 1672)
• Marinella, Lucrezia, 1571-1653 [aka Lucrezia Marinelli Vacca] (1571 - 1653) ; More Information
• Marquette, Anne de ( - 1588)
• Martelli, Maria [aka Maria de' Panchiatichi] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Martin, Dorcas Eglestone, Lady [aka Mrs. Richard Martin] (ca. 1536 - September 1, 1599)
• Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 (1542 - 1587) ; More Information
• Matraini, Chiara, 1515-1604? (1515 - 1604)
• Miani Negri, Valeria (1560 - )
• Mildmay, Grace, Lady, 1552-1620 [aka Grace Sherrington Mildmay] (1552 - 1620)
• Mirabai [aka Meera] (ca. 1498 - 1550) ; More Information
• Miremont, Jacqueline de (fl. 16th cent.)
• Mirtilla, Ippolita (fl. 1548)
• Montenay, Georgette de, 1540-ca. 1581 (1540 - 1607) ; 1571 ; 1651 ; Wikipedia
• Morata, Olympia Fulvia, 1526-1555 (1526 - 1555) ; More Information ; In German
• Morella, Juana (1594 - )
• Moreton, Arabella (fl. 1501)
• Mornay, Charlotte Arbaleste de [aka Charlotte Arbaleste de la Borde] (1550 - 1606)
• Morra, Isabella di, ca. 1520-1546 (ca. 1516 - ca. 1545) ; More Information ; More Information
• Moulsworth, Martha (November 10, 1577 - 1646)
  • My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem (HTML at GeoCities)
• Odaldi, Annalena, Suor [aka Lessandra Odaldi] (April 28, 1572 - December 1, 1638)
• Oly, Catharina Jans (1585 - 1651)
• Pallavicina, Maddalena (fl. 16th cent.)
• Papa, Virginia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Peci, Onorata (fl. 16th cent.)
• Pellegrina, Caterina (fl. 16th cent.)
• Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676 [aka Anne Clifford; Countess of Dorset Pembroke and Montgomery] (January 30, 1590 - March 22, 1676) ; Wikipedia
• Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621 [aka Mary Sidney Herbert; Mary Sidney] (1561 - 1621) ; More Information
  • The Tragedie of Antonie (HTML at Renascence Editions)
• Pepoli, Isabella [aka Isabella De' Riari] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Petrucci, Aurelia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Petrucci, Cassandra (fl. 16th cent.)
• Piccolomini, Sylvia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Pinar, Florencia (ca. 1470 - 1530)
• Pirkheimer, Charitas, 1466 or 7-1532 [aka Caritas; Barbara Pirckheimer] (March 21, 1467 - August 19, 1532)
• Poeti, Livia Pia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Poitiers, Diane de, Duchess of Valentinois, 1499-1566 (1499 - 1566)
• Premarini, Ginlia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Prowse, Anne, ca. 1534-ca. 1590 [aka Anne Vaughan Locke; Anne Dering; Anne Prouse] (ca. 1530 - ca. 1590)
  • A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner (1560) (HTML at Renascence Editions)
• Pulci, Antonia, 1452-1501 [aka Antonia Giannotti Pulci] (1452 - 1501) ; More Information ; More Information
• Raimondo, Lugrezia di (fl. 16th cent.)
• Romana, Celia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Romieu, Marie de (ca. 1545 - ca. 1590)
• Roper, Margaret, 1505-1544 [aka Margaret More] (1505 - 1544)
• Rovere, Claudia Della (fl. 16th cent.)
• Roverella, Aurelia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, ca. 1540-1609 (1540 - 1609)
• Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de, 1599-1678 (1599 - 1678) ; More Information
  • The Maxims of Madame de Sablé (bilingual HTML at SFSU)
• Sabuco de Nantes y Barrera, Oliva, b. 1562 (1562 - 1590)
• Salete, Mademoiselle de (fl. 1600)
• Salvi, Beatrice (fl. 16th cent.)
• Salvi, Virginia [aka Virginia Martini Salvi] (fl. 1551)
• San Gallo, Laudomia da (fl. 16th cent.)
• Sanseverina, Dianora (fl. 16th cent.)
• Scarampa, Camilla (fl. 16th cent.)
• Scarpi, Ortensia (fl. 16th cent.)
• Serafina, La (fl. 16th cent.)
• Serratone, Laura (fl. 16th cent.)
• Sigea, Luisa, 1530?-1560? (ca. 1531 - 1560)
• Somma, Silvia di (fl. 16th cent.)
• Southwell, Anne, Lady, 1573-1636 [aka Anne Harris] (1573 - 1636)
• Speght, Rachel (1597 - ) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Mortalities Memorandum (HTML at Renascence Editions)
  • A Mouzell for Melastomus
    • HTML at Renascence Editions
    • HTML at pinn.net
• Spinola, Maria (fl. 16th cent.)
• Stampa, Cassandra (fl. 1554)
• Stampa, Gaspara, ca. 1523-ca. 1554 (ca. 1523 - 1554) ; More Information
• Sullam, Sara Copia, 1592-1641 (1592 - 1641)
• Tacita, Fausta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582 [aka Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada] (1515 - 1582) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • The Interior Castle, or, The Mansions (third edition, 1921) (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
  • The Letters of St. Teresa (London: Thomas Baker, 1902) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel (third edition, enlarged; London: Thomas Baker; New York: Benziger Bros., 1904)
    • HTML and text at csbsjsu.edu
    • HTML at CCEL
    • Gutenberg text
  • Santa Teresa: An Appreciation, With Some of the Best Passages of the Saint's Writings (third edition, 1900) (Gutenberg text)
  • St. Teresa's Own Words: or, Instructions on The Prayer of Recollection (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • The Way of Perfection (multiple formats at CCEL)
• Terracina, Laura, 1519-ca. 1577 (1519 - 1577) ; Portrait
• Torelli Castiglioni, Ippolita, 1499-1520 (1499 - 1520)
• Torinella, Livia [aka Livia Boromea] (fl. 16th cent.)
• Tron, Gianetta (fl. 16th cent.)
• Tyler, Margaret, fl. 1580 (fl. 1578)
• Vallentina, Faustina (fl. 16th cent.)
• Vere, Anne Mildred Cecil de (1556 - 1588)
• Vicente, Paula (ca. 1600 - 1660)
• Visscher, Anna Roemers, 1583-1651 (1584 - 1651) ; In Dutch
• Visscher, Maria Tesselschade (1594 - 1649)
• Vorana, La Beata Battista (fl. 1591)
• Ward, Mary, 1585-1645 (1585 - 1645)
• Westonia, Elizabetha Johanna, 1582-1612 [aka Elizabeth Jane Weston] (1582 - 1612) ; In German
• Whitney, Isabella (ca. 1540 - ) ; More Information ; More Information
  • The Copy of a Letter Lately Written in Meeter by a Yonge Gentilwoman to Her Unconstant Lover (delisted: Brown has withdrawn free access)
  • A Sweet Nosegay (PDF at Plymouth State)
• Winthrop, Margaret Tyndal, 1591-1647 (ca. 1591 - 1647)
• Wroth, Mary, Lady, ca. 1586-ca. 1640 (ca. 1586 - ca. 1640) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Pamphilia to Amphilanthus (HTML at uoregon.edu)
• Young, Elizabeth (fl. 1558)
• Zayas y Sotomayor, María de, 1590-1650 (1590 - ca. 1661) ; More Information
  • The Enchantments of Love: Amorous and Exemplary Novels (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990) (HTML at UC Press)
• Zeli, Katharina (ca. 1497 - 1562)
• Zuzorić, Cvijeta (1552 - 1648)