Women in early modern Europe, 1500-1700
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Women in early modern Europe, 1500-1700
（The Longman history of European women）
Pearson/Longman, 2007
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-364) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART 1: THE PATRIARCHAL PARADIGM
1. Inferiors or Equals? Ideas about the Nature of Women
PART 2: WOMEN AND THE FAMILY
2. Girls and Maidens
3. Wives
4. Mothers
5. Widows and Elderly Women
PART 3: WOMEN AND WORK
6. Housewives, Spinsters, Harvest Hands: Women's Work in the Countryside
7. Craftswomen, Midwives, Servants: Women's Work in Cities and Towns
8. Artists, Musicians, Actresses, Writers, Scholars, Scientists: New Employment Opportunities for Women
PART 4: WOMEN AND RELIGION
9. Wives, Preachers, Martyrs: Women in the Protestant Reformation
10. Mothers, Nuns, Nurses, Teachers: Women and the Catholic Reformation
11. Witches
PART 5: WOMEN AND THE STATES
12. Rulers
13. Citizens
14. Wariors and Empire-Builders
Conclusion
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