Women''s Agency in Early Modern Britain and the American Colonies - Patriarchy, Partnership and Patronage

  General introduction How and where were marriages solemnised? What was marriage? What was its purpose? Finding a partner among the landed aristocracy Making marriages among women of the professional and the middling sorts Attitudes to marriage Patriarchy Partnership and separation Mistress of the household: what wives did all day Mothers Wives and property Widows and widowhood Women's formal and informal education Women and religion Contemporary culture: print and non-print, public and private Women's cultural lives: participation    

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Rosemary O'Day, Rosemary O''day, Rosemary (The Open University O''day
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780582294639
• ISBN: 978-0-582-29463-9
• Seiten: 504
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte