Women in early modern Europe, 1500-1700 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson/Longman, [2007] |
| Series: | Longman history of European women.
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| Summary: | <p>In this wide-ranging volume, Cissie Fairchilds rejects conventional accounts of the Early Modern period that claim it was a period of diminishing power and rights for European women. Instead, she shows that it was a period of positive changes that challenged and led to the eventual destruction of traditional misogynist notions that women were inferior to men. <p>The book explores the historical basis of patriarchal views of women and describes the great intellectual debate over the nature and roles of women taking place at the time. It gives an account of women's daily lives and looks at women's work during the period. The book also deals with the role of women in religion and with witchcraft and the prosecution of women as witches. The book concludes by examining the relationship between women and the State. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 378 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780582357181 0582357187 |
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