Voices of Nimes - Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc

Most of the women who ever lived left no trace of their existence on the record of history. In this book, Suzannah Lipscomb recovers the lives and aspirations of ordinary sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French women, using rich source material to show what they thought about their lives, menfolk, friendships, faith, and sex.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Landscape


• 2: The Pursuit of Morality


• 3: Belief


• 4: Social Relations


• 5: Marriage and Love


• 6: Sex


• 7: The Trials of Marriage


• Conclusion

About the author

Suzannah Lipscomb is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Roehampton and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She received her DPhil in History from Balliol College, Oxford, and was formerly Research Curator at Hampton Court Palace, Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia, and Head of the Faculty of History and Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the New College of the Humanities. She is the author of four other books about the sixteenth century, and has presented historical documentaries on the BBC, ITV, and Channel Five.

Summary

Most of the women who ever lived left no trace of their existence on the record of history. In this book, Suzannah Lipscomb recovers the lives and aspirations of ordinary sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French women, using rich source material to show what they thought about their lives, menfolk, friendships, faith, and sex.

Additional text

Essential reading for all those interested in the hidden stories of the Reformation and hearing the everyday voices so often left out of history books

Product details

• Authors: Lipscomb , Suzannah Lipscomb, Suzannah (Professor of History Lipscomb, Lipscomb Suzannah
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780198797678
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879767-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Western, Languedoc, HISTORY / Women, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, European history: Reformation