Gender, Sex, and Subordination in England, 1500-1800

by Anthony Fletcher

Book Overview

Men and women in early modern England lived their lives within a social and gender framework inherited from biblical times. Patriarchy-the social and cultural dominance of the male-has long been a fundamental feature of western civilization yet has only recently begun to be systematically investigated by historians. This book is the first attempt to provide a rounded portrait of its workings over a long stretch of the English past. Anthony Fletcher's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300076509
• ISBN13: 9780300076509
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"