Overview
- The only book currently available to provide a synthesis of the history of women in England, Wales and Scotland during the early modern era
Draws on past and present research to examine the ways in which women's lives were affected by social, economic and religious conditions
Part of the book series: Social History in Perspective (SHP)
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Gender assumptions were broadly similar in England, Wales and Scotland, but female experience varied widely. Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640 explores how this was influenced by various factors, including changes in clanship and inheritance, the employment of single women, the punishment of pregnant brides and scolds, the introduction of Protestantism, and the fusion of fairy beliefs with ideas of demonological witchcraft.
Peters' text is the first comparative survey and analysis of the diversity of women's lives in Britain during the early modern period.
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Book Title: Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640
Authors: Christine Peters
Series Title: Social History in Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-21278-7
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 206
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Gender Studies