| Women in Early Modern Britain, 1450-1640 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Peters, Christine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333633598 ISBN-13: 9780333633595 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: The history of women in Wales and Scotland is in a thriving infancy compared to England. This book draws on this work to examine the significance of contrasting social, economic and religious conditions in shaping the lives of women in Britain. Although gender assumptions were broadly similar, female experience varied. 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 all contributed to the diversity of women's lives in Britain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 2003058116 |
| Series: Social History in Perspective |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.42" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The history of women in Wales and Scotland is in a thriving infancy compared to England. This book draws on this work to examine the significance of contrasting social, economic and religious conditions in shaping the lives of women in Britain. Although gender assumptions were broadly similar, female experience varied. 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 all contributed to the diversity of women's lives in Britain. |