Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England: A Sourcebook

Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England: A Sourcebook
ISBN-10
1000158861
ISBN-13
9781000158861
Category
Education
Pages
342
Language
English
Published
2020-07-24
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Laura Gowing, Patricia Crawford

Description

Women's Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on women's 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 Cromwell's sister, and Queen Anne. Drawing on unpublished, archival materials, Women's Worlds explores the everyday lives of ordinary early modern women, including their: * experiences of work, sex, marriage and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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