WOMEN'S WORLDS IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND by Patricia Crawford (Editor), Laura Gowing (Editor) ( 9781138131439 )

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Title:

WOMEN'S WORLDS IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND
A SOURCEBOOK

By:

Patricia Crawford (Editor), Laura Gowing (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1138131431

ISBN 13:

9781138131439

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

24 November, 2015

Pages:

336

Synopsis:

Womens Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on womens lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in history, from Deborah Brackley, a poor Devon servant, to Katharine Whitstone, Oliver Cromwells sister, and Queen Anne. Drawing on unpublished, archival materials, Womens Worlds explores the everyday lives of ordinary early modern women, including their: * experiences of work, sex, marriage and motherhood * beliefs and spirituality * political activities * relationships * mental worlds In a time when few women could write, this book reveals the multitude of ways in which their voices and experiences leave traces in the written record, and deepens and challenges our understanding of womens lives in the past.

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Imprint:

Routledge

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