| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; IN THE BEGINNING: MALE AND FEMALE; BODY; SEXUALITY; MIND AND SOUL; BEAUTY; VICES; VIRTUES; MARRIAGE, ADULTERY AND DIVORCE; WIFELY DUTIES; MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; HOUSECRAFT, STATECRAFT AND PRIESTCRAFT; MIDWIFERY AND WET-NURSING; MISTRESS AND MUSE; CROSS-DRESSING; WIDOWHOOD, CELIBACY AND FEMALE FRIENDSHIP; AUTHORSHIP; 'TYRANT CUSTOM, WHY MUST WE OBEY'?; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In this anthology, N.H. Keeble illustrates both the historical circumstances of women's lives in the seventeenth century and the cultural notions of 'woman' which prevailed then. Includes over 200 extracts from books, diaries, letters, pamphlets |
| Analysis |
Women Social conditions History |
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Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 4th, 2022) |
| Subject |
Women -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
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Sex role -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
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Patriarchy -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
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Patriarchy
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Sex role
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Women
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Mulher e feminismo.
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Historia moderna.
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keeble, N. H
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| ISBN |
0203203291 |
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9780203203293 |
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0203203291 |
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0203203321 |
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9780203203323 |
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1280325712 |
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9781280325717 |
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9780415104814 |
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0415104815 |
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9786610325719 |
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6610325715 |
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9781134847112 |
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1134847114 |
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9781134847068 |
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1134847068 |
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9781134847105 |
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1134847106 |
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0203299566 |
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9780203299562 |
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