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Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640
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Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640
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Description
Although in its infancy, the history of women in Wales and Scotland before and during the Reformation is now thriving. A longer tradition of historical studies has shed light on many areas of women's experience in England. Drawing on this historiography, Christine Peters examines the significance of contrasting social, economic and religious conditions in shaping the lives of women in Britain.
Gender assumptions were broadly similar in England, Wales and Scotland, but female experience varied widely. Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640 explores how this was influenced by various factors, including changes in clanship and inheritance, the employment of single women, the punishment of pregnant brides and scolds, the introduction of Protestantism, and the fusion of fairy beliefs with ideas of demonological witchcraft.
Peters' text is the first comparative survey and analysis of the diversity of women's lives in Britain during the early modern period.
Table of Contents
Marriage, Kinship and Inheritance
Work and the Household Economy
Disorderly Women
Witchcraft, the Devil and the Elfin Queen
Female Piety and Religious Change
Further Reading
Glossary
Index.
Product details
| Published | 09 Mar 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 206 |
| ISBN | 9780230212787 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Series | Social History in Perspective |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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