Isaac Stephens

The gentlewoman's remembrance (eBook, ePUB)

Patriarchy, piety, and singlehood in early Stuart England

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A highly original and detailed study of an individual single woman in early modern England, based on a recently discovered spiritual autobiography authored by a never-married gentlewoman, Elizabeth Isham. Provides new perspective on women's writing, identity and status in the early modern period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526100917
• Artikelnr.: 48795426

Autorenporträt

Isaac Stephens is Assistant Professor of History at Saginaw Valley State University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Finding and remembering Elizabeth Isham 1. 'My Booke of
Rememberance': the spiritual autobiography of Elizabeth Isham 2. 'As a
Branch with a Roote': The Ishams of Lamport and their world 3. 'The Sweet
Private Life': Singlehood in the patriarch's household 4. 'My Owne Books':
Elizabeth Isham's reading 5. 'To Piety More Prone': Elizabeth Isham's
religion Conclusion: A memory restored Index