Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England: A Sourcebook

Book Overview

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, from Deborah Brackley, a poor Devon servant, to Katharine Whitstone, Oliver Cromwells sister, and Queen Anne. Drawing on unpublished, archival materials, Womens Worlds explores the everyday lives of ordinary early modern women, including their:
* 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 and experiences leave traces in the written record, and deepens and challenges our understanding of womens lives in the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415156386
• ISBN13: 9780415156387
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Source for Students & Enjoyable Education for Beginners

Patricia Crawford and Laura Gowing have compiled an invaluable selection of primary sources concerning the social and cultural world of our seventeenth-century ancestors. I am currently studying in this area and am finding this sourcebook invaluable for two reasons; one, it is choc-a-block with interesting and relevant primary sources, and two, it is an excellent reference for finding more sources. For those who a mere self-learning students of History, I cannot reccommend a more lively, interesting and informative source on seventeenth-century life. A very worthwhile investment.