| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) |
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Politics Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP |
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Politics Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP
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| Contents |
Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page ; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: finding and remembering Elizabeth Isham; NOTES; Chapter 1 'My Booke of Rememberance': the spiritual autobiography of Elizabeth Isham; LIFE-WRITING IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND; THE SPECTRE OF DEATH AND THE EXEMPLARY MOTHER; A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOR OTHER EYES; EMBOLDENED BY THE SAINT; A HYBRID TEXT; NOTES; Chapter 2 'As a branch with a roote': the Ishams of Lamport and their world; ELIZABETH ISHAM'S FATHER AND PATRIARCH; ELIZABETH ISHAM'S BROTHER AND PATRIARCH |
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THE WOMEN OF LAMPORT HALL (ARCHIVAL BITS AND BOBS)A PROFITABLE REMEMBRANCE OF THE ISHAM WOMEN; HISTORICAL MEMORY AND THE ISHAMS OF LAMPORT; NOTES; Chapter 3 'The sweet private life': singlehood in the patriarch's household; EARLY MODERN PATRIARCHY AND SINGLEHOOD; A BROTHER, A PATRIARCH, AND A SISTER; A FATHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP; DESIRING NEVER TO MARRY; LOVE, HONOUR, AND GOD; THE PRIVATE LIFE; PATRIARCHY AND SINGLEHOOD IN ELIZABETH ISHAM'S LIFE; NOTES; Chapter 4 'My own bookes': Elizabeth Isham's reading; BOOKS AND READING IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND; EXTERIORITY, EDUCATION, AND READING |
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PIETY, HEALTH, AND WOMEN READINGAUTODIDACTIC READING, DEVOTIONAL BOOKS, AND INTERIORITY; HYBRID READING PRACTICES; NOTES; Chapter 5 'To piety more prone': Elizabeth Isham's religion; THE RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT OF EARLY MODERN ENGLAND; THE PRAYER BOOK, CONFORMITY, AND ROYALISM; A PURITAN STYLE OF PIETY; RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND DEVOTIONAL READING; GODLINESS PERSONIFIED IN THE ISHAM HOUSEHOLD; PRAYER BOOK PURITANISM?; NOTES; Conclusion: a memory restored; NOTE; Bibliography; MANUSCRIPT SOURCES; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; UNPUBLISHED THESES; Index |
| Summary |
A highly original and detailed study of an individual single woman in early modern England, based on a recently discovered spiritual autobiography authored by a never-married gentlewoman, Elizabeth Isham. Provides new perspective on women's writing, identity and status in the early modern period |
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Autobiography |
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Elizabeth Isham |
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Family History |
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Gender |
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Life-Writing |
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Patriarchy |
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Piety |
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Reading |
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Singlehood |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Isham, Elizabeth, 1608-1654.
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| SUBJECT |
Isham, Elizabeth, 1608-1654
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Isham, Elizabeth, 1608-1654 fast |
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Women -- England -- Social conditions -- 17th century
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Women -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Women
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Women -- Social conditions
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stephens, Isaac
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Milton, Anthony
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Peacey, Prof Jason
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Gajda, Alexandra
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| ISBN |
9781526100900 |
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1526100908 |
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9781526100917 |
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1526100916 |
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