WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND 1550-1720 by Patricia Crawford, Sara Mendelson ( 9780198201243 )

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WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND 1550-1720

By:

Patricia Crawford, Sara Mendelson

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0198201249

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

7 May, 1998

Pages:

480

Description:

What was life like for women who lived in Tudor and Stuart England? This fascinating book provides a colourful and comprehensive account of the daily experiences of these women, using first-hand sources such as diaries, letters, and household accounts. The authors investigate the varying expectations and opportunities that existed at different stages of women's lives, and examine a range of different themes: the role of female friendships and networks of support orcensure; the effects of prevailing gender stereotypes; the diverse roles of women in the religious and political movements of the times. The book focuses on the preoccupations of ordinary women, comparing the makeshift economy of the poorest with the ambitions and activities of those from wealthierbackgrounds. Their views on the world - the outlook of that half of the population usually hidden from the historical record - open up a valuable new perspective on the history of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.

Synopsis:

This is an original, accessible, and comprehensive survey of life as it was experienced by most Englishwomen during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The authors examine virtually all aspects of women's lives: female life-stages from birth to death; the separate culture of women, including female friendship and feminist consciousness; the diverse roles of women in the religious and political movements of the day; and the effect of prevailing perceptions of gender differences. Comparisons are made between the makeshift economy of poor women and the occupational identities, and preoccupations, of the middling and elite classes. This fascinating and well-illustrated book reconstructs the mental and material world of Tudor and Stuart women. It will become the standard text on the subject.

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