Renaissance woman

renaissance woman English Alternative forms en renaissance woman Noun Renaissance women en literally A woman who lived during the Renaissance period. en 1995 Mary Beth Rose Perspectives on Renaissance Drama 9780810111950 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=MK0kAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Renaissance+woman%22&dq=%22Renaissance+woman%22&hl=&cd=32&source=gbs_api These writers all confirm what has become a cliché about the Renaissance woman as “chaste, silent and obedient” (as the title of Suzanne Hull's bibliography of books for and about Renaissance women has it). en figuratively A woman with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge. en Renaissance man Further reading en People