Women's Worlds in Seventeenth-Century England
A Sourcebook
Price: $140.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-15637-0
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 21st October 1999
- Pages: 336
- Illustrations: 19 line drawings
About the Book
Womens Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on womens 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a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in history, Drawing on unpublished, archival materials, the book explores women's:* experiences of work, sex, marriage and motherhood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 have left traces in the written record, and deepens our understanding of womens lives in the past.