WRITERS LIVING BETWEEN 1601 AND 1700

• Agricola, Catharina (1628 - )
• Aïssé, C. E. (Charlotte Elisabeth), 1695?-1733 [aka Charlotte-Elizabeth Aicha Aisse] (ca. 1694 - 1733)
• Akerlaecken, Maria Margareta van (1605 - ca. 1662)
• Allen, Hannah, fl. 1683 [aka Hannah Archer Allen Hatt] (fl. 1683)
• Andreini, Isabella, 1562-1604 [aka Isabella Canali] (1562 - 1604) ; More Information
• Anguissola, Sofonisba, ca. 1532 or 3-1625 (ca. 1535 - 1625) ; More Information
• Ariadne (fl. 1695)
• Astell, Mary, 1668-1731 (ca. 1668 - 1731) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • Some Reflections Upon Marriage, Occasioned by the Duke and Dutchess of Mazarine's Case; Which is Also Considered (HTML at pinn.net)
• Aubin, Penelope, 1679-1731 (ca. 1685 - 1731)
  • The Life of Charlotta du Pont, an English Lady: Taken From Her Own Memoirs (London: A. Bettesworth, 1723) (HTML and PDF at Chawton House Library)
  • The History of Genghizcan the Great, First Emperor of the Antient Moguls and Tartars (London: J. Darby, 1722) (page images with commentary at wdl.org)
• Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 51-1705 [aka Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville Aulnoy] (ca. 1650 - 1705)
  • The Fairiest, or, Surprising and Entertaining Adventures of the Aerial Beings (translated or adapted stories from d'Aulnoy's tales; London: Printed for W. Lane, 1795) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • The Fairy Tales of Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (from an 1892 compilation, with additional d'Aulnoy tales from Lang collections) (HTML with commentary at surlalunefairytales.com)
  • Memoirs of the Court of England in 1675 (London: John Lane, 1913) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Azevedo, Angela de ( - 1644)
• Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610 (ca. 1528 - 1610)
• Bahini [aka Bahinabai; Bahina Bai] (ca. 1628 - ca. 1700)
• Baillie, Grizel, Lady, 1665-1746 [aka Grisell Baillie] (1665 - 1746) ; More Information
• Barber, Mary, ca. 1685-1755 (ca. 1685 - June 14, 1755) ; More Information
• Barbier, Marie Anne, d. 1742 (1670 - 1742) ; In French
• Barker, Jane, 1652-1732 [aka Galesia] (1652 - 1732)
• Bathurst, Elizabeth, d. 1691 ( - 1691)
  • An Expostulatory Appeal to the Professors of Christianity (HTML with commentary at Emory)
  • Truth Vindicated (London: Printed and sold by T. Sowle, 1695) (HTML at Earlham)
• Beck, Sarah, d. 1679 ( - 1679)
  • A Certain and True Relation of the Heavenly Enjoyments and Living Testimonies of God's Love Unto Her Soul, Participated of From the Bountiful Hand of the Lord, and Communicated to Her in the Time of Her Weakness of Body (HTML at Earlham)
• Bégon, Élisabeth, 1696-1755 (1696 - 1755)
• Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 (1640 - 1689) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information
  • Selected works and commentary (index at luminarium.org)
  • The Adventure of the Black Lady: A Novel (London: Printed for S. Briscoe, 1697) (HTML at Emory)
  • The City Heiress (HTML at Virginia)
  • An Essay on Translated Prose (HTML at Emory)
  • The Lady's Looking-Glass, to Dress Herself By: or, The Whole Art of Charming (HTML at Emory)
  • Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister (Gutenberg text)
  • The Lucky Chance (from volume III of The Works of Aphra Behn) (Gutenberg text)
  • The Novels of Mrs. Aphra Behn (London: George Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1913) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave
    • HTML at the English Server
    • HTML at Adelaide
  • The Roundheads: or, The Good Old Cause (HTML at GeoCities)
  • The Rover: Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers
    • HTML at the English Server
    • HTML at Adelaide
  • Sir Patient Fancy (HTML at GeoCities)
  • The Unfortunate Happy Lady: A True History (HTML at pemberley.com)
  • The Widdow Ranter: or, The History of Bacon in Virginia (2008 commentary; originally published 1690) (PDF at unl.edu)
  • The Works of Aphra Behn (6 volumes; London: W. Heinemann; Stratford-on Avon: A. H. Bullen, 1915)
    • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
    • Volume VI: multiple formats at archive.org
  • A School for Greybeards, or, The Mourning Bride: a Comedy (based on Behn's "Lucky Chance"; London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Bernard, Catherine, 1662-1712 (1662 - 1712)
• Beyeren, Johanna Hoobius van ( - 1645)
• Blackborow, Sarah (fl. 1658)
  • A Visit to the Spirit in Prison, and an Invitation to All People to Come to Christ the Light of the World (based on the 1658 edition, with modern notes) (HTML with commentary at Alma College)
  • A Visit to the Spirit in Prison, and an Invitation to All People to Come to Christ the Light of the World (London: Printed for Thomas Simmons, 1658) (HTML at Earlham)
• Blackwell, Elizabeth, fl. 1737 [aka Elizabeth Blachrie] (ca. 1700 - 1758) ; More Information ; PDF format ; Wikipedia
  • A Curious Herbal, Containing Five Hundred Cuts, of the Most Useful Plants, Which are Now Used in the Practice of Physick (2 volumes; London: Printed for Samuel Harding (v1) and John Nourse (v2), 1737-1739) (page images at illustratedgarden.org)
• Blaugdone, Barbara, 1608 or 9-1704 (ca. 1608 - 1704)
  • An Account of the Travels, Sufferings and Persecutions of Barbara Blaugdone: Given Forth as a Testimony to the Lord's Power, and for the Encouragement of Friends (annotated from the 1691 edition) (frame-dependent HTML with commentary at Cornell College)
• Blencowe, Ann Wallis, Lady, b. 1656 (1656 - 1718)
• Booth, Evangeline, 1865-1950 (1685 - 1950)
  • The War Romance of the Salvation Army (Gutenberg text)
• Boothby, F. (Frances), fl. 1670 (fl. 1670)
• Boudewijns, Katharina (ca. 1520 - ca. 1603)
• Boulbie, Judith (fl. 1655)
  • A Testimony for Truth Against All Hireling Priests and Deceivers (HTML at Emory)
  • The Oppression of Prophecy: Quaker Women in Late Seventeenth Century Yorkshire (HTML at Emory)
• Boursier, Louise Bourgeois, ca. 1563-1636 [aka Louise Bourgeois] (1563 - December 20, 1636)
• Bowers, Bathsheba, 1672 or 3-1718 (ca. 1672 - 1718)
• Brabant, Marie de (ca. 1530 - ca. 1600)
• Bradstreet, Anne, 1612?-1672 [aka Anne Dudley Bradstreet] (1612 - 1672) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia ; Poetry
  • Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight (Boston: Printed by John Foster, 1678) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Sibylle Ursula von (1629 - 1691)
• Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Sophie Elisabeth (1613 - 1676)
• Brenner, Sophia Elisabeth, 1659-1730 (1659 - 1730)
• Brereton, Jane, 1685-1740 [aka Jane Hughes; Melissa] (1685 - 1740)
• Brongersma, Titia (ca. 1650 - ca. 1686)
• Bruno, Aeltgen (1629 - 1679)
• Buffet, Marguerite ( - 1680) ; In French
• Caccini, Francesca, 1587-ca. 1640 (1587 - ca. 1640)
• Caesar, Mary Freman, 1677-1741 (1677 - 1741)
• Cairns, Elizabeth, 1685-1741 (1685 - 1714)
• Carey, Mary, Lady [aka Mary Jackson; Mary Payler] (ca. 1609 - ca. 1680) ; Wikipedia
• Carleton, Mary, 1642?-1673 [aka Mary Moders] (ca. 1633 - 1673)
• Caro, Ana [aka Ana Caro Mallén de Soto] (ca. 1590 - 1650)
• Carriera, Rosalba, 1675-1757 (1675 - 1757)
• Cartwright, Johanna (fl. 1648)
• 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)
• Cary, Mary (fl. 1621)
• Castillo, Francisca Josefa de la Concepción de, 1671-1742 [aka Francisca Josefa de Castillo y Guevara] (1671 - 1742) ; In Spanish
• Caumont de La Force, Charlotte Rose de, d. 1724 [aka Charlotte Rose Caumont de La Force] (1650 - 1724)
• Caylus, Madame de (Marthe-Marguerite), 1673-1729 [aka Marie Marguerite Le Valois de Vilette de Mur¸ay Caylus] (1673 - 1729)
• Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680 (fl. 1680)
• Centlivre, Susanna, 1667?-1723 [aka Susanna Freeman; Susanna Carroll] (ca. 1667 - ca. 1723) ; Wikipedia
• Cernínova, Zuzana [aka Zuzana Cerninova z Harasova] (1600 - 1654)
• Chandler, Mary, 1687-1745 (1687 - 1745)
• Channel, Elinor (fl. 1654)
• Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint, 1572-1641 [aka Jeanne Francoise Fremyot Chantal; Jane Frances] (1572 - 1641)
• Cheevers, Sarah, d. 1664 ( - 1664)
• Chéron, Elisabeth Sophie, 1648-1711 (1648 - 1711)
• Cheyne, Jane, Lady, 1621-1669 [aka Jane Cavendish] (1621 - 1669)
  • The Concealed Fansyes (HTML and PDF with commentary at oldroads.org)
• Chidley, Katherine (fl. 1641)
• Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689 (1626 - 1689)
• Chudleigh, Mary Lee, Lady, 1656-1710 (1656 - 1710)
  • The Ladies Defence (text here at Penn)
• Coit, Mehetabel Chandler (1673 - 1758)
• Collier, Mary (ca. 1690 - ca. 1762)
• Collins, An, 17th cent. (fl. 1653)
• Colville of Culross, Elizabeth Colville, Lady [aka Elizabeth Melville] (ca. 1582 - ca. 1640) ; More Information ; More Information
• Conway, Anne, 1631-1679 [aka Anne Finch Conway; Anne Finch] (1631 - 1679) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (London, 1692) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Cook, Elizabeth (1529 - 1609)
• Coomans, Johanna (ca. 1590 - 1659)
• Cueva y Silva, Leonor de la (ca. 1600 - 1660)
• Cunitz, Maria, 1607-1664 (ca. 1607 - 1664) ; More Information ; More Information
• D'Anvers, Alicia [aka Alicia Clarke D'Anvers] (ca. 1668 - 1725)
  • Academia: or, The Humours of the University of Oxford in Burlesque Verse (London: Randal Taylor, 1691) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • A Poem Upon His Sacred Majesty, His Voyage for Holland (HTML at Emory)
• Dacier, Madame (Anne), d. 1720 [aka Anne Lefevre Dacier] (ca. 1651 - 1720)
• Davy, Sarah, ca. 1635-1667 [aka Sarah Roane Davy] (ca. 1639 - 1670)
• Davys, Mary, 1674-1731 (1674 - 1732) ; Wikipedia
• Delany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788 [aka Mrs. Patrick Delany; Mrs. Alexander Pendarves; Mary Granville] (May 14, 1700 - April 15, 1788) ; Wikipedia
• Deshoulières, Madame (Antoinette), ca. 1634-1694 [aka Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshouliers] (January 1, 1638 - February 17, 1694) ; Wikipedia
• Deshoulières, Mademoiselle (Antoinette Th�r�se), 1656-1718 (1656 - 1718)
• Dixon, Sarah, 1671-1765 (1671 - 1765)
• Douglas, Eleanor, Lady, d. 1652 [aka Eleanor Davies; Eleanor Audley; Eleanor Touchet] (1590 - 1652) ; More Information
• Downing, Lucy Winthrop (ca. 1600 - 1679)
• Drake, Judith, fl. 1696-1707 (fl. 1696)
• Druzbacka, Elzbieta (ca. 1698 - 1765)
• Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780 (1697 - 1780)
• Du Noyer, Madame (Anne Marguerite Petit), 1663-1719 (1663 - 1719)
• Dutton, Anne, 1692-1765 (1692 - 1765)
• Dyer, Mary, d. 1660 [aka Mary Barrett Dyer] ( - 1660) ; More Information
• Egerton, Elizabeth Cavendish, 1626-1663 [aka Elizabeth Cavendish; Countess of Bridgewater Elizabeth; Elizabeth Brackley] (1626 - 1663) ; Wikipedia
  • The Concealed Fansyes (HTML and PDF with commentary at oldroads.org)
• Egerton, Sarah Fyge [aka Sarah Egerton; Sarah Field] (ca. 1670 - ca. 1723)
  • The Female Advocate (HTML at Emory)
• Egual, Doña Maria (1698 - 1735)
• Elisabeth, Countess Palatine, 1618-1680 [aka Elisabeth Princess Palatine; Elisabeth von der Pfalz] (December 26, 1618 - 1680)
• 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)
• Elstob, Elizabeth, 1683-1756 (1683 - ca. 1756)
• Enríquez de Guzmán, Feliciana (ca. 1580 - 1640)
• Ephelia, fl. 1679 [aka Mary Villiers Stuart Richmond and Lennox; Mary Villiers; Mary Herbert; Mary Howard; Joan Philips; The Butterfly] (1622 - 1685) ; Portrait ; Portrait ; More Information
  • Female Poems on Several Occasions (PDF at Plymouth State)
• Evans, Katharine, d. 1692 ( - 1692)
• Evelyn, Mary, 1665-1685 [aka Mary Evelyn] (1634 - 1709)
  • Mundus Muliebris: or, The Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd (HTML at Emory)
• Fanshawe, Anne Harrison, Lady, 1625-1680 [aka Ann Fanshawe] (March 25, 1625 - 1680) ; Wikipedia
  • The Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe, wife of the Right Honble. Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., 1600-72 (London and New York: John Lane, 1907) (multiple formats at archive.org)
  • Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe (Gutenberg text)
• Ferraud, Anna Bellinzani President Michel (1657 - 1740)
• Ferrazzi, Cecilia, 1609-1684 (1609 - 1684)
• Fiennes, Celia, 1662-1741 (July 7, 1662 - 1741) ; Wikipedia
  • Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, 1888)
    • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
    • HTML at Vision of Britain
    • page images at Google; US access only
• Fiske, Sarah, 1627-1692 [aka Mrs. Moses Fiske] (1652 - December 2, 1692)
• Fowler, Constance Aston, b. ca. 1621 (ca. 1621 - 1664)
• Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702 [aka Margaret Askew Fell Fox] (1614 - 1702) ; More Information
  • A Brief Collection of Remarkable Passages and Occurrences Relating to the Birth, Education, Life, Conversion, Travels, Services, and Deep Sufferings of that Ancient, Eminent, and Faithful Servant of the Lord, Margaret Fell, But By Her Second Marriage, Margaret Fox (London: Printed and sold by J. Sowle, 1710) (HTML and page images at Earlham)
  • The Daughter of Sion Awakened and Putting on Strength (HTML at Emory)
  • A Declaration and an Information From Us the People of God Called Quakers (London: Printed for Thomas Simmons and Robert Wilson, 1860) (HTML and page images at Earlham)
  • A Loving Salutation to the Seed of Abraham Among the Jews (from a 1710 compilation of writings) (page images at Earlham)
  • This Was Given to Major Generall Harrison and the Rest (delisted: Brown has withdrawn free access)
  • A True Testimony from the People of God (Who By the World Are Called Quakers) (HTML at Emory)
  • Women's Speaking Justified (HTML at qhpress.org)
• Freke, Elizabeth, 1642-1714 (1642 - 1714)
• Fuchs, Anna Rupertina (1657 - 1722)
• Galilei, Maria Celeste, 1600-1634 [aka Sister Marie Celeste; Virginia Galilei] (August 13, 1600 - 1634)
• Gama, Leonarda Gil da, b. 1672 [aka Maria Madalena Eufemia da Gloria] (1672 - )
• Geoffrin, Marie-Thérèse Rodet, 1699-1777 (1699 - 1777)
• Glueckel, of Hameln, 1646-1724 [aka Gluckel von Hameln; Glikl bas Judah Leib] (ca. 1645 - 1724)
• Gomez, Madame de, 1684-1770 [aka Madeleine-Angelique Poisson de Gomez] (1684 - 1770)
• Goodhue, Sarah, 1641-1681 [aka Sarah Whipple Goodhue] (1641 - 1681)
• Gordon, Geertruyd [aka Geertruijd Gordon de Graeuw] (1650 - 1728)
• Gournay, Marie Le Jars de, 1565-1645 (October 6, 1565 - July 13, 1645) ; More Information ; More Information
• Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758 (1695 - 1758)
• Greiffenberg, Catharina Regina von, 1633-1694 (1633 - 1694) ; In German
• Grignan, Françoise Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de, 1646-1705 (1646 - 1705)
• Grymeston, Elizabeth [aka Elizabeth Bernye Grymeston] ( - 1603)
• Guise, Anne [aka Arabella Guise; Annabella Blount; Mrs. Edward Blount] (fl. 1700)
• Gulbadan, Begam, 1524-1603 (1524 - 1603)
• Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717 (1648 - 1717)
  • Spiritual Progress: or, Instructions in the Divine Life of the Soul (HTML at CCEL)
  • Autobiography of Madame Guyon (multiple formats at CCEL)
  • A Short and Easy Method of Prayer (multiple formats at CCEL)
  • The Song of Songs of Solomon, With Explanations and Reflections having Reference to the Interior Life (New York: A. W. Dennett, 1879) (multiple formats at CCEL)
  • Translations From the French of Madame de La Mothe Guyon (multiple formats at CCEL)
• Halkett, Anne, Lady, 1622-1699 [aka Ann Halkett; Ann Murray] (ca. 1622 - 1699)
  • The Autobiography of Anne, Lady Halkett (HTML with commentary at jimandellen.org)
• Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737 [aka Elizabeth Meader Hanson] (1684 - 1737)
  • An Account of the Captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, Now or Late of Kachecky, in New-England: Who, With Four of Her Children and Servant-maid, Was Taken Captive By the Indians, and Carried Into Canada (London : Printed and sold by Samuel Clark ... , 1760) (page images at canadiana.org)
• Harley, Brilliana, Lady [aka Brilliana Conway Harley] (ca. 1598 - 1643) ; Wikipedia
• Hartloop, Elizabeth (fl. 1688)
• Hayden, Anna Tompson (1648 - 1720)
• Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756 [aka Elizabeth Fowler] (ca. 1693 - 1756) ; More Information ; Bibliography
  • Fantomina: or, Love in a Maze, Being a Secret History of an Amour Between Two Persons of Condition (1725) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • The Fatal Secret: or, Constancy in Distress (from a 1725 edition) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • The Fortunate Foundlings (1744) (Gutenberg text)
  • Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel (third edition; London: Dan Browne, 1725) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Life's Progress Through the Passions: or, The Adventures of Natura (London: Printed by T. Gardner, 1748) (Gutenberg text)
  • The Opera of Operas: or, Tom Thumb the Great (libretto and argument only) (HTML at Rochester)
• Heilsbach, Agnes van (1597 - 1640)
• Hengel, Maria van (1613 - 1687)
• Hevelius, Elisabeth Koopmann (1647 - 1693)
• Heyns, Maria (1604 - ca. 1647)
• Hit-him-home, Joan (fl. 1640)
• Hoby, Margaret, Lady, 1570 or 1-1633 [aka Margaret Dakins Devereux Sidney Hoby] (ca. 1570 - September 6, 1633)
• Hoolwerff, Henrica van (ca. 1681 - 1695)
• Horn, Agnetha (1629 - 1672)
• Hoskens, Jane, b. 1694 [aka Jane Fenn Hoskens] (1694 - )
  • The Life and Spiritual Sufferings of That Faithful Servant of Christ Jane Hoskens, a Public Preacher among the People Called Quakers (1771) (PDF at unl.edu)
• Hoyers, Anna Ovena, 1584-1655 (1584 - 1655)
• Huber, Marie, 1695-1753 (1695 - 1753)
• Hume, Anna (fl. 1644)
• Hutchinson, Anne Marbury, 1591-1643 (1591 - 1643)
• Hutchinson, Lucy, b. 1620 (1620 - ca. 1675)
• Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624 [aka Esther Kello] (1571 - 1624)
• Ingram, Anne, Viscountess Irwin [aka Anne Howard; Anne Douglas] (1696 - 1764) ; Wikipedia
• James, Elinor, ca. 1645-1719 (ca. 1645 - 1719)
  • Mrs. James's Vindication of the Church of England (HTML at Emory)
• Jocelin, Elizabeth, 1596-1622 [aka Elizabeth Joceline] (1596 - 1622)
• Jones, Sarah (fl. 17th cent.)
• Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695 [aka Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz; Juana de Asbaje y Ramirez de Santillana] (November 12, 1648 - 1695) ; More Information ; More Information ; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Project-Searchable complete works in Spanish
• Keysers, Petronella [aka Petronella Kayser] (June 9, 1697 - )
• Killigrew, Anne, 1660-1685 (1660 - 1685) ; More Information
  • Poems (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• King, Mary, 1686-1758 [aka Mary French] (1686 - 1758)
• Knight, Sarah Kemble, 1666-1727 (1666 - 1727)
• Kunicka, Maria ( - 1664)
• Kuntsch, Margaretha Susanna von, 1651-1717 (1651 - 1716)
• L'H&eactue;ritier de Villandon, Marie-Jeanne, 1664-1734 (1664 - 1734)
• La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne), 1634-1693 (1634 - 1693) ; More Information ; Bibliography ; More Information
  • Comtesse de Tende (HTML at fdt.net)
  • The Princess de Montpensier (Gutenberg text)
  • The Princess of Cleves (Gutenberg text)
  • The Princess of Cleves: An Historical Novel (first English edition; London: Printed for J. Wilkie, 1777) (HTML and DF at Chawton House Library)
• La Guette, Catherine Meurdrac de, 1613-ca. 1680 (1613 - ca. 1676)
• La Roche-Guilhen, Mlle de (Anne), 1644-1707 [aka Anne De La Roche-Guilhen] (1644 - ca. 17007)
• Lacerda, Bernarda Ferreira de, 1595-1644 (1595 - 1644)
• Lambert, Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de, 1647-1733 (1647 - 1733)
• Lanyer, Aemilia [aka Aemilia Bassano Lanyer] (1569 - 1645) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
    • HTML at Arizona
    • HTML at Renascence Editions
• Lasson, Anna Margaretha (1659 - 1738)
• Le Blon, Isabella (fl. 1636)
• Le Camus, Madame (fl. 1677)
• Lead, Jane, 1623-1704 (1624 - 1704) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Bibliography
  • Selected works (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Ascent to the Mount of Vision (1699) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Enochian Walks With God (1694) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Heavenly Cloud Now Breaking (1681) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Laws of Paradise (1695) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • A Message to the Philadelphian Society; Followed by, A Second Message to the Philadelphian Society (both published 1696) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Messenger of An Universal Peace (1698) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Revelation of Revelations (1683) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • A Revelation of the Everlasting Gospel-Message (1697) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Signs of the Times Forerunning the Kingdom of Christ, and Evidencing When it is Come (1699) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Tree of Faith; and, The Ark of Faith (1696) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Wars of David and the Peaceable Reign of Solomon (1700; material not by Lead omitted) (HTML at passtheword.org)
  • The Wonders of God's Creation, Manifested in the Variety of Eight Worlds, As They Were Made Known Experimentally to the Author (1695) (HTML at passtheword.org)
• Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705 [aka Anne de Lanclos] (ca. 1620 - ca. 1704)
  • Life, Letters and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos
    • HTML at aelliott.com
    • Gutenberg text
• Lescaille, Katharina (1649 - 1711)
• 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
• Livingston, Alida Schuyler, 1656-1727 [aka Alida Schuyler van Rensselaer Livingston] (1656 - 1727)
• Lloyd, Mary, 1681-1749 (1681 - 1749)
• Lom, Elisabeth van ( - 1673)
• Lom, Mechtildis van (1600 - 1653)
• Louise de Coligny, Princess, consort of William I, Prince of Orange, 1555-1620 (1555 - 1620)
• Lussan, Marguerite de, 1682-1758 (1682 - 1758)
• Luxborough, Henrietta Knight, Baroness, 1699-1756 [aka Henrietta C. Knight; Henrietta St John] (1699 - 1756)
• MacLeod, Mary [aka Mairi nighean Alasdair Ruaidh] (ca. 1615 - 1705)
• Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719 [aka Françoise d'Aubigné Maintenon] (1635 - 1719) ; More Information
• 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)
• Malen, Jetske Reinou van der (1687 - 1752)
• Mancini, Maria, 1639-1715? [aka Maria Mancini principessa di Paliano Colonna] (August 28, 1639 - May 8, 1715)
• Manley, Mrs. (Mary de la Rivi�re), 1663-1724 (ca. 1663 - 1724) ; Wikipedia
  • The Lost Lover, or, The Jealous Husband: A Comedy (HTML at Emory)
• Maratti, Faustina, 1679?-1745 [aka Faustina Maratti Zappi] (ca. 1679 - 1745)
• 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 Jesús, de Agreda, sor, 1602-1665 [aka Mar�a Fernández Coronel] (1602 - 1665) ; More Information ; More Information
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• Marie de l'Incarnation, mère, 1599-1672 [aka Marie Guyart] (1599 - 1672)
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• Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699 [aka Hortense de Mancini] (1646 - July 2, 1699)
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• Mildmay, Grace, Lady, 1552-1620 [aka Grace Sherrington Mildmay] (1552 - 1620)
• Moerloose, Isabella de (ca. 1660 - ca. 1712)
• Monck, Mary, ca. 1677-1715 [aka Mary Molesworth] (ca. 1677 - 1715)
• Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762 [aka Mary Pierrepont] (1689 - ca. 1762) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
  • Selected Prose and Poetry of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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• Montenay, Georgette de, 1540-ca. 1581 (1540 - 1607) ; 1571 ; 1651 ; Wikipedia
• Montespan, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de, 1641-1707 (1641 - 1707)
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• Mornay, Charlotte Arbaleste de [aka Charlotte Arbaleste de la Borde] (1550 - 1606)
• Motteville, Françoise de, d. 1689 [aka Francoise Bertaut Madame de Motteville] (ca. 1615 - 1689)
• Moulsworth, Martha (November 10, 1577 - 1646)
  • My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem (HTML at GeoCities)
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• Neufvic, Madame de (fl. 17th cent.)
• Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674 [aka Margaret Lucas Cavendish] (ca. 1624 - ca. 1673) ; More Information ; More Information ; Bibliography
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  • The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World (London: Printed by A. Maxwell, 1668) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
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• Odaldi, Annalena, Suor [aka Lessandra Odaldi] (April 28, 1572 - December 1, 1638)
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• Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d', 1652-1722 [aka Liselotte von der Pfalz] (May 27, 1652 - 1722)
  • Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV, and of the Regency, Being the Secret Memoirs of the Mother of the Regent (Gutenberg text)
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• Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676 [aka Anne Clifford; Countess of Dorset Pembroke and Montgomery] (January 30, 1590 - March 22, 1676) ; Wikipedia
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  • The Tragedie of Antonie (HTML at Renascence Editions)
• Penn, Hannah Callowhill, 1671-1726 (1671 - 1726)
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• Ume Shukishi [aka Shushiki] (1668 - 1725)
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• Veer, J. Adriana van der (ca. 1700 - ca. 1740)
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  • The Oppression of Prophecy: Quaker Women in Late Seventeenth Century Yorkshire (HTML at Emory)
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  • The Revelation of Jesus Christ (HTML with commentary at Emory)
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• Wharton, Anne, 1632?-1685 [aka Anne Lee Wharton; Thomas Wharton] (ca. 1632 - October 29, 1685) ; Family
• Wigington, Leticia, d. 1681 ( - 1681)
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• Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720 [aka Anne Kingsmill Finch] (1661 - 1720) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
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• Winckelman, Jakoba Petronella (1696 - 1761)
• Winthrop, Margaret Tyndal, 1591-1647 (ca. 1591 - 1647)
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• Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670 [aka Hannah Wolley] (ca. 1621 - ca. 1676)
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• Woude, Elisabeth van der, 1657-1698 (1657 - 1698)
• Wright, Mehetabel [aka Mehetabel Wesley] (1697 - 1750)
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