Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; Foreword; 1 Marital fertility and lactation 1570-1720; 2 The remarrying widow: a stereotype reconsidered; 3 Women and the urban economy: Oxford 1500-1800; 4 Reviled and crucified marriages: the position of Tudor bishops' wives; 5 Recusant women 1560-1640; 6 Stuart women's diaries and occasional memoirs; 7 Women's published writings 1600-1700; Index
Summary
Provides a systematic analysis of various aspects of women's lives between 1500 and 1800, concentrating on detailed research into specific groups of women where it has been possible to build up a picture in some detail
