Binding: Paperback
Description: This concise and stimulating book explores the history of gender in England between 1500 and 1700. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to include new material on global connections masculinity and recent historiography. Amid the upheavals of the Reformation and Civil Wars gender was political. Sexual difference and women's roles were matters of public debate while social and economic changes were impacting on work family and marriage. The rich archives of law state and family testify to the complex configurations of patriarchal order and resistance to it. Gender in Early Modern England provides insight into gender relations in a time when a stark hierarchy of gender co - existed with a surprising degree of female capacity great potential for challenge and confrontation and a persistent sense of the mystery of the body. Documents include early feminist argument law midwives books recipes protest sexual insults cross - dressers women escaping slavery royal favourites and petitions. With a chronology who's who glossary guide to further reading and previously unpublished archival documents Gender in Early Modern England is the perfect resource for all students interested in the history of women and gender in England between 1500 and 1700.
Title: Gender In Early Modern England
Author(s): Gowing Laura
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367548292
Pages: 153 Pages, 8 Halftones, Black And White; 8 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 10/7/2022
Series: Seminar Studies
Category: Gender Studies, Gender Groups