Women In Early Modern England, 1500-1700

✍ Scribed by Jacqueline Eales

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 136
• Series: Introductions to History S.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This concise introduction provides an overview of the state of research on women's history in the early modern period. It emcompasses a guide to the historiography, an assessment of the major debates, and information about the varied sources available for women's history in this period. Arranged around familiar themes - the family, work, religion, education - the book presents a comprehensive survey of the social, economic and political position of women in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
CHAPTER ONE Women, gender and patriarchy......Page 10
CHAPTER TWO Historiography and debate......Page 16
CHAPTER THREE Historical sources......Page 25
CHAPTER FOUR The nature of women......Page 31
CHAPTER FIVE Literacy and education......Page 43
CHAPTER SIX Politics......Page 55
CHAPTER SEVEN The family......Page 67
CHAPTER EIGHT Work......Page 79
CHAPTER NINE Religion......Page 91
CHAPTER TEN Crime and the courts......Page 103
Conclusion......Page 115
Bibliography......Page 118
Index......Page 130