Internationalism, Theory and the Future of Women's History
There is a certain discrepancy between writing history and writing fiction, especially when it comes to describing the female and the feminine. In this theme issue, an attempt is made to break through the contrast between fiction and historiography. The lectures in English held by Gisela Bock, Natalie Zemon Davis, Mineke Bosch and Marjan Schwegman during the symposium ‘The Future of Women’s History’ organized by the editors of the yearbook in March 1990 to celebrate its decennial have also been included. This yearbook consists of three articles on women authors in the Middle Ages and Dutch literature 1860-1920 and four discussion pieces in English on women’s history.