Women and Politics in Early Modern England, 1450-1700
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780754609889
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Women's studies; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Renaissance, 1450-1600; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; Literary Criticism; England; Women; Anthropology - Cultural; Women Authors; Modern period, 1600-; Women in politics
First sentence: Women's involvement in politics - the narratives of kings and queens, and colourful stories of women's participation in court plots and intrigues - has always been the domain of biographers and historians interested in old-fashioned high political history.