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What Was Life Like For Ordinary Women Who Lived In Tudor And Stuart England? This Fascinating Book Provides A Frank Account Of The Daily Experiences Of These Women, Using First-hand Sources Such As Letters, Diaries, And Household Accounts. 1. Contexts. Medical Understandings Of Woman's Body ; Religious Teachings ; The Law And Its Administration ; Citizenship ; Popular Notions ; Stereotypes -- 2. Childhood And Adolescence. Early Years ; Service ; Courtship -- 3. Adult Life. Marriage ; Maternity ; Single Women ; Widowhood ; Old Age ; Death -- 4. Female Culture. Space ; Speech ; Material Culture ; The Practice Of Piety ; Female Friendship ; Passionate Friends And Lesbian Relationships ; Female Consciousness And Feminism -- 5. The Makeshift Economy Of Poor Women. Work And Gender ; Poverty ; Making A Living ; Indigence And Destitution -- 6. Occupational Identities And Social Roles. Running A Household ; Professional And Skilled Work: Medical, Educational, And Cultural ; Crafts, Trades, And Multiple Occupations ; Royal, Civic, And Institutional Employment ; Public Housewifery ; Changes Over The Period, 1550-1720 -- 7. Politics. Female Monarchs ; Aristocratic Women: Queens Consort, Female

Author

Sara Mendelson and Patricia Crawford

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198201243

Subjects

Sociology, History, Gender Studies

Rating

4.05 / 5 (39 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14