WRITERS LIVING BETWEEN 1501 AND 1600

• al-Hussein, Sukaina bint [aka Sukayna bint al-Husayn] (fl.16th c.)
• Albana, Lucia (fl. 16th C.)
• Albret, Jeanne d' [aka Jehanne de Navarre] (1528-1572)
• Alciati, Laura Gabrielki degli (fl. 16th C.)
• Aldobrandina, Liona (fl. 16th C.)
• Aliprandi, Ortensia (fl. 16th C.)
• Andreini, Isabella Canali (1562-1604)
• Anger, Jane (fl.1589)
  • Jane Anger, Her Protection for Women (HTML at pinn.net)
• Anguissola, Sofonisba (ca.1535-1625)
• Anne Clifford [aka Countess of Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert; Lady Anne Clifford Herbert; Countess of Dorset Pembroke and Montgomery] (1590-1676)
• Aragona, Giulia (fl. 16th C.)
• Aragona, Tullia D' (1510-1556) ; More Information
• Aringhieri, Ermelma [aka Ermelma de' Ceretani] (fl. 16th C.)
• Askew, Anne (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 C.)
• Aubespine, Madeleine de l'Dame de Villeroy (1546-1596)
• Avalo, Costanza d' (fl. 16th C.)
• Bacon, Ann Cooke (1528-1610)
• Baffa, Francesca (fl. 1540)
• Battiferra, Laura [aka Laura Battiferri Ammannati] (1523-1589)
• Beaton, Mary (ca.1543-ca.1597)
• Beaufort, Margaret (1443-1509)
• Berenice G. (fl. 16th C.)
• Bertana, Lucia (fl. 16th C.)
• Bichi, Pia (fl. 16th C.)
• Bigolina, Giulia (ca.1516- circa 1569) ; More Information
• Bijns, Anna (1493-1575)
• Boudewijns, Katharina (ca. 1520-na 1603)
• Bourgeois, Louise (1563-1636)
• Brabant, Marie de (1530 or 1540-1600 or 1610)
• Braccalli, Giulia (fl. 16th C.)
• Braccalli, Selvaggia (fl. 16th C.)
• Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Elizabeth von (1519-1558)
• Brembata, Emilia (fl. 16th C.)
• Brunozzi, Cornelia [aka Cornelia de Villani] (fl. 16th C.)
• Caccini, Francesca (1587-ca.1645)
• Campiglia, Maddalena (1553-1595)
• Canossa, Egeria (fl. 16th C.)
• Capece, Isabella (fl. 16th C.)
• Caraffa, Olimpia (fl. 16th C.)
• Caro Maillen de Soto, Dona Ana (ca.1590-1650)
• Cary, Elizabeth Tanfield [aka Viscountess Falkland; Elizabeth Carew; Elizabeth Carey] (ca.1584-1639) ; 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  • The History of the Most Unfortunate Prince, King Edward II (delisted: Brown has withdrawn free access)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 C.)
• Castiglione, Ippolita Torelli (1499-1520)
• Castro, Publia Hortensia de (1548-1595)
• Catherine de Medici (1519-1589)
• Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536)
• Catherine of Genoa [aka Caterina Fieschi Adorno] (1447-1510)
  • Life and Doctrine of Saint Catherine of Genoa (with biographical material by unknown author) (HTML and other formats at CCEL)
• Cavalcanti, Giulia (fl. 16th C.)
• Cecil, Mildred Cooke (1526-1589)
• Celsa, Nicoletta (fl. 16th C.)
• Cepperello, Lisabetta da (fl. 16th C.)
• Chantal, Jeanne Francoise Fremyot, Baronne de [aka Jane Frances] (1572-1641)
• Cibo, Leonora [aka Leonora de' Vitelli] (fl. 16th C.)
• Clermont, Catherine de (fl. 1573)
• Clifford, Anne (1590-1676)
• Clinton, Elizabeth Knevet [aka Countess of Lincoln] (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
• Coignard, Gabrielle de (c.1550-1586)
• Coligny, Louise de (1555-1620)
• Colonna, Vittoria (1490-1547) ; More Information ; Portrait
  • Amaro Lagrimar: The Poems of Vittoria Colonna (in English and Italian) (HTML and page images at jimandellen.org)
• Cook, Elizabeth (1529-1609)
• Coomans, Johanna (ca. 1590-1659)
• Corombana, Vittoria (fl. 16th C.)
• Cortese, Ersilia (fl. 16th C.)
• Costanza, Bartolomea (fl. 16th C.)
• Cotta, Cornelia (fl. 16th C.)
• Crenne, Helisenne de (ca.1510-ca.1550)
• Cueva y Silva, Dona Leonor de la (ca.1600-1660)
• D'Este, Isabella [aka Marchesa of Mantova] (1474-1539) ; More Information ; Portrait
• de Cervaton, Ana (fl. 16th century)
• Dentiere, Marie [aka Marie d'Ennetieres] (ca.1495-1561)
• Diana N. (fl. 16th C.)
• Dolfi, Diamante (fl. 16th C.)
• Dotta, Gentile (fl. 16th C.)
• Douglas, Lady Eleanor [aka Lady Eleanor Davies; Eleanor Audley] (1590-1652)
• Downing, Lucy Winthrop (ca.1600-1679)
• Dowriche, Anne (fl.1589)
• Elizabeth Tudor [aka Queen Elizabeth I of England] (1533-1603) ; More Information ; Onstage at Brown ; Portrait
  • Queene Elizabeth's Speech to Her Last Parliament (HTML at Emory)
• Enriquez de Guzman, Dona Feliciana (ca.1580-1640)
• Este, Bianca Laura da (fl. 16th C.)
• Estienne, Nicole d' [aka Olympe] (ca.1544-ca.1596)
• Faletta, Leonora (fl. 16th C.)
• Fedele, Cassandra (1465-1558)
• Felice, Andromeda (fl. 16th C.)
• Ferrari, Maria de' (fl. 16th C.)
• Ferreira de la Cerda, Dona Bernarda (1595-1644)
• Figliucci, Lugrezia (fl. 16th C.)
• Fior, Narda (fl. 16th C.)
• Fiorenza (fl. 16th C.)
• Fonte, Moderata [aka Modesta Pozza] (1555-1592) ; More Information
• Forteguerri, Laudomia (1515-1555)
• Francesca B. (fl. 16th C.)
• Franco, Veronica (1546-1591) ; More Information ; Portrait ; Lettere Familiari ; Terze Rime
• Fratta, Cintia dalla (fl. 16th C.)
• Freschi, Ortensia Semolina de' (fl. 16th C.)
• Frescobaldi, Fiammetta (1523-1586)
• Galilei, Maria Celeste [aka Virginia Galilei] (1600-1634)
• Galindo, Beatriz (ca.1474-1534)
• Gambara, Veronica (1485-1550) ; More Information ; More Information ; Portrait
  • Secret Sacred Woods: The Poems of Veronica Gambara (in English and Italian) (HTML at jimandellen.org)
• Gattesca, Candida (fl. 16th C.)
• Gerrits, Soetjen (-1572)
• Golfarini, Anna (fl. 16th C.)
• Gonzaga, Ippolita (fl. 16th C.)
• Gournay, Marie Le Jars de (ca.1565-1645) ; More Information
• Gregoria [aka Gentildonna Romana] (fl. 16th C.)
• Grey, Jane (1537-1554) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
• Grumbach, Argula von (ca.1492-1563)
• Grumella, Isotta Grembata (fl. 16th C.)
• Guidiccioni, Laura (fl.1550)
• Guillet, Pernette du (ca.1520-1545)
• Gulbadan, Begum (fl.1580)
• Harley, Lady Brilliana (ca.1600-1643)
• Heymair, Magdalena (ca.1545-)
• Hoby, Margaret Dakins Devereux Sidney (1571-1633)
• Hoyers, Anna Ovena (1584-1655)
• Hutchinson, Anne (1591-1643)
• Incerta (fl. 16th C.)
• Inglis, Esther [aka Esther Kello] (1571-1624)
• Joceline, Elizabeth (1596-1622)
• Jussie, Jeanne de (1503-1561)
• Labe, Louise Charlin Perrin (1520-1566) ; More Information ; Portrait ; In French
• Langosca, Maria (fl. 16th C.)
• Lanyer, Aemilia Bassano (1569-1645) ; More Information
  • Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
    • HTML at Arizona
    • HTML at Renascence Editions
• Levi, Rosa (fl. 16th C.)
• Lisle, Honor Grenville Basset (ca.1495-1566)
• Locke, Anne Vaughan [aka Anne Dering; Anne Prouse] (ca.1530-ca.1590)
  • A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner (1560) (HTML at Renascence Editions)
• Lom, Mechtildis van (1600-1653)
• Louise de Savoie (1476-1531)
• Loynes, Antoinette de (fl.1560)
• Lumley, Joanna Fitzalan (ca.1537-1576)
• Lunata, Alda Torella (fl. 16th C.)
• Magnacavallo, Cassandra Giovia (fl. 16th C.)
• Makin, Bathsua [aka Bathsua Reginald] (ca.1600-ca.1675)
  • An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen (HTML at pinn.net)
• Malapiera, Olimpia (fl. 16th C.)
• Malaspina, Fiametta [aka Fiametta Soderini] (fl. 16th C.)
• Marguerite d'Autriche (1480-1530)
• Marguerite de Navarre d'Angouleme Duchesse d'Alencon (1492-1549) ; More Information ; Portrait ; Portrait
  • The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Marguerite de Valois [aka Margherita di Valois] (1553-1615)
  • Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, Written by Herself (Gutenberg text)
• Marie de l'Incarnation [aka Marie Guyart] (1599-1672)
• Marinelli Vacca, Lucrezia (1571-1653)
• Marquette, Anne de (-1588)
• Martelli, Maria [aka Maria de' Panchiatichi] (fl. 16th C.)
• Martin, Dorcas Eglestone (fl.16th Century)
• Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) ; More Information
• Matraini, Chiara (1515-1604)
• Medici, Clarice (fl. 16th C.)
• Melville, Elizabeth Lady Colville of Culross [aka Elizabeth Colville] (ca.1582-ca.1640) ; More Information
• Miani Negri, Valeria (1560-)
• Mildmay, Grace Sherrington (1552-1620)
• Mirabai [aka Meera] (1504-1550)
• Miremont, Jacqueline de (fl.16th century)
• Mirtilla, Ippolita (fl.1548)
• Morata, Olympia Fulvia (1526-1555) ; In German
• Morella, Juana (1594-)
• Moreton, Arabella (16th C.)
• Mornay, Charlotte de [aka Charlotte Arbaleste de la Borde] (1550-1606)
• Morra, Isabella di (1516-1545)
• Moulsworth, Martha (ca.1577-)
  • My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem (HTML at GeoCities)
• Odaldi, Suor Annalena (1572-1638)
• Pallavicina, Maddalena (fl. 16th C.)
• Papa, Virginia (fl. 16th C.)
• Parr, Catherine (1512-1548)
• Peci, Onorata (fl. 16th C.)
• Pellegrina, Caterina (fl. 16th C.)
• Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of [aka Mary Sidney Herbert; Mary Sidney] (1561-1621)
  • The Tragedie of Antonie (HTML at Renascence Editions)
• Pepoli, Isabella [aka Isabella De' Riari] (fl. 16th C.)
• Petrucci, Aurelia (fl. 16th C.)
• Petrucci, Cassandra (fl. 16th C.)
• Piccolomini, Sylvia (fl. 16th C.)
• Pinar, Florencia (ca.1470-1530)
• Pirckheimer, Caritas [aka Charitas; Barbara Pirckheimer] (1467-1532)
• Poeti, Livia Pia (fl. 16th C.)
• Poitiers, Diane de (1499-1566)
• Premarini, Ginlia (fl. 16th C.)
• Pulci, Antonia Giannotti (1452-1501) ; More Information
• Raimondo, Lugrezia di (fl. 16th C.)
• Roches, Catherine Fradonnet des (ca.1542-1587)
• Roches, Madeleine Neveu des (1520-1587)
• Romana, Celia (fl. 16th C.)
• Romieu, Marie de (ca.1545-ca.1590)
• Roper, Margaret More (1505-1544)
• Rovere, Claudia Della (fl. 16th C.)
• Roverella, Aurelia (fl. 16th C.)
• Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby (1540-1609)
• Sable, Madeleine de Souvre Marquise de (1599-1678)
  • The Maxims of Madame de Sablé (bilingual HTML at SFSU)
• Sabuco, Louisa Oliva Sabuco de Nantes [aka Oliva Sabuco] (1562-1590)
• Salazar, Maria de San Jose (1548-1603)
• Salete, Mademoiselle de (fl.1600)
• Salvi, Beatrice (fl. 16th C.)
• Salvi, Virginia Martini (fl.1551)
• San Gallo, Laudomia da (fl. 16th C.)
• Sanseverina, Dianora (fl. 16th C.)
• Scarampa, Camilla (fl. 16th C.)
• Scarpi, Ortensia (fl. 16th C.)
• Serafina, La (fl. 16th C.)
• Serratone, Laura (fl. 16th C.)
• Sigea, Luisa (ca.1531-1560)
• Somma, Silvia di (fl. 16th C.)
• Southwell, Anne Lady (1574-1636)
• Speght, Rachel (1597-) ; Wikipedia
  • Mortalities Memorandum (HTML at Renascence Editions)
  • A Mouzell for Melastomus
    • HTML at Renascence Editions
    • HTML at pinn.net
• Spinola, Maria (fl. 16th C.)
• Stampa, Cassandra (fl.1554)
• Stampa, Gaspara (ca.1523-1554) ; Portrait
• Strozzi, Barbara Torella (fl. 16th C.)
• Sullam, Sara Copio (1590-1641)
• Tacita, Fausta (fl. 16th C.)
• Teresa of Avila, Saint [aka Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada] (1515-1582) ; 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 csbjsu.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 (1519-1577) ; Portrait
• Torinella, Livia [aka Livia Boromea] (fl. 16th C.)
• Tron, Gianetta (fl. 16th C.)
• Tyler, Margaret (fl.1578)
• Vallentina, Faustina (fl. 16th C.)
• Vere, Anne Mildred Cecil de (1556-1588)
• Vicente, Paula (ca.1600-1660)
• Visscher, Anna Roemers [aka Anna Roemers] (1584-1651)
• Visscher, Maria Tesselschade (1594-1649)
• Weston, Elizabeth Jane (1582-1612) ; In German
• Whitney, Isabella (ca.1540-) ; 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 (HTML at Montana)
• Winthrop, Margaret Tyndal (ca.1591-1647)
• Wroth, Lady Mary (ca.1587-ca.1651) ; More Information
  • Pamphilia to Amphilanthus (HTML at uoregon.edu)
• Young, Elizabeth (fl.1558)
• Zayas y Sotomayor, Maria de (1590-ca.1661)
  • The Enchantments of Love: Amorous and Exemplary Novels (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990) (HTML at UC Press)
• Zeli, Katharina (ca.1497-1562)
• Zuzoric, Cvijeta (1552-1648)