Women and Religion in England: 1500-1720

by Patricia Crawford

Book Overview

Patricia Crawford demonstrates how the consideration of gender is central to our understanding of religious history. Women and Religion has three broad themes: the role and experience of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation to the Restoration; the significance of religion to contemporary women, focusing on the range of practices and beliefs; and the gendered nature of religious beliefs, institutions and language in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415016975
• ISBN13: 9780415016971
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"