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"The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of the lives of women in early-modern Europe between 1450 and 1750"--
List of contents
Introduction; Part 1: The affective world – body, kinship and emotions; Chapter 1 – bodies, sex and sexuality; Chapter 2 – family, kin and friendship; Chapter 3 – love and other emotions; Chapter 4 – affective responses to illness and death. Part 2: Practical literacies – education, law and labour; Chapter 5 – education: learning, literacy and domestic virtues; Chapter 6 – work in countryside, cities and towns; Chapter 7 – medical knowledge and practice; Chapter 8: law, property and litigation; Part 3: Power – politics and religion; Chapter 9 – queens and courtiers: authority, networks and patronage; Chapter 10 – the intellectual world of catholic piety; Chapter 11 – protestant theology, spirituality and evangelicalism; Chapter 12 – women’s political writing: civil war memoirs; Part 4: Intellect & materiality – humanities, arts and science; Chapter 13 – materializing women: dynamic interactions of gender and materiality; Chapter 14 – the visual arts; Chapter 15 – theatre and performance; Chapter 16 – science and natural philosophy; Chapter 17 – literature and letters
About the author
Amanda L. Capern is Senior Lecturer at the University of Hull. Her publications include The Historical Study of Women: England, 1500–1700 (2010) and as editor Women and the Land, 1500–1900 (2019), as well as essays and articles on the social, economic, legal, intellectual and spiritual lives of early-modern British and European women.
Summary
The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of the lives of women in early-modern Europe between 1450 and 1750. It is essential reading for students and researchers of early modern history, the history of women, and gender studies.
