Women in English society, 1500-1800
By: edited by Mary Prior
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1985
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780203985342
Subjects: Women; History; Femmes; Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Women's Studies; Modern period; Renaissance
Description: Provides a systematic analysis of various aspects of women's lives between 1500 and 1800, concentrating on detailed research into specific groups of women where it has been possible to build up a picture in some detail.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Marital fertility and lactation, 1570-1720 / Dorothy McLaren; title: The remarrying widow / Barbara J. Todd; title: Women and the urban economy / Mary Prior; title: Reviled and crucified marriages / Mary Prior; title: Recusant women, 1560-1640 / Marie B. Rowlands; title: Stuart women's diaries and occasional memoirs / Sara Heller Mendelson; title: Women's published writings, 1600-1700 / Patricia Crawford.