Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (New Approaches to European History)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 17, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521771054
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Women's studies; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History: World; Europe - History; Women - Modern History; History - General History; Women's Studies - History; Europe; Women; Europe - General; Gender Studies; Social Science / Gender Studies; Women--Europe--History; Women's Studies - General; History
First sentence: Ideas about women, particularly those of educated men, are in many ways the easiest thing to investigate when analyzing the experience of women in any culture.
Description: "Merry Wiesner has updated and expanded her study; she summarizes the latest scholarship in her chapters and bibliographies, adding new sections on topics such as sexuality, masculinity, the impact of colonialism, and women's role as consumers. Other themes investigated include the female life-cycle, literacy, women's economic role, artistic creation, female piety - and witchcraft - and the relationship between gender and power.

The structure of the first edition remains: it reflects the tripartite division of the self - mind, body, and spirit - traditional in western philosophy. Coverage is geographically broad; the second edition includes longer discussions of the border areas, such as Russia, Ireland, and the Iberian peninsula. This book will be of importance for courses in gender history, early modern Europe, and comparative history."--BOOK JACKET.