Hic sita Sigea est: satis hoc: Luisa Sigea and the role of D. Maria, Infanta of Portugal, in female scholarship

Luisa Sigea is a very unusual example of a female scholar for both Portugal and Spain. Educated by her father, Diego Sigeo, Luisa was particularly famous for knowing Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldean, and Arabic as well as some modern languages. In 1542, she went with her sister to Queen Catarina’s cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frade, Sofia (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/31018
Country:Portugal
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