Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England (eBook, PDF)

A Sourcebook
Redaktion: Crawford, Patricia; Gowing, Laura

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 Drawing on unpublished, archival materials, Women's Worlds explores the everyday lives of ordinary early modern women, including their: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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000107555
• Artikelnr.: 59842902

Autorenporträt

Patricia Crawford is Professor of History at the University of Western Australia, and her books include Women in Early Modern England (Oxford University Press, 1998), with Sara Mendelson. Laura Gowing is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire, and is author of Domestic Dangers: Women, Words, and Sex in Early Modern London (Oxford University Press, 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

List of documents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Permissions
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 BODIES
Conception and pregnancy; Parturition; Breasts and breastfeeding; Menstruation and reproductive health; Health and beauty
2 RELIGION, BELIEFS, SPIRITUALITY
Spirituality: the journey of the Christian soul; The practice of faith; God and the nation; Popular beliefs
3 WORK
Service; Getting a living; Professions; Running a household: domestic tasks
4 POVERTY AND PROPERTY
Making shift; Poverty and relief; The world of goods
5 SEXUAL EXPERIENCES
Sex and single women; Sex and marriage; Sex between women; Secrecy and adultery; Rape, assaults, and attempts
6 MARRIAGE
Courtship; Wives and husbands; Remarriage
7 MATERNITY
Lying
in; Being a mother; Childcare, health and advice; The maternal relationship
8 RELATIONSHIPS
Neighbours; Families; Friends and lovers; Animals and spirits
9 POLITICS AND PROTESTS
10 MENTAL WORLDS
Depression and despair; Fits and disorders; Dreams and visions; Prophesying the future
Notes
Further reading
Glossary
Index.