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The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of the lives of women in early-modern Europe between 1450 and 1750. Covering a period of dramatic political and cultural change, the book challenges the current contours and chronologies of European history by observing them through the lens of female experience. The collaborative research of this book covers four themes: the affective world; practical knowledge for life; politics and religion; arts, science and humanities. These themes are interwoven through the chapters, which encompass all areas of women's lives: sexuality, emotions, health and wellbeing, educational attainment, litigation and the practical and leisured application of knowledge, skills and artistry from medicine to theology. The intellectual lives of women, through reading and writing, and their spirituality and engagement with the material world, are also explored. So too is the sheer energy of female work, including farming and manufacture, skilled craft and artwork, theatrical work and scientific enquiry. The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe revises the chronological and ideological parameters of early-modern European history by opening the reader's eyes to an exciting age of female productivity, social engagement and political activism across European and transatlantic boundaries. It is essential reading for students and researchers of early-modern history, the history of women and gender studies.

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Introduction
Part 1: The affective world - body, kinship and emotions
Chapter 1 - bodies, sex and sexuality
Chapter 2 - family, kin and friendship
Chapter 3 - love and other emotions
Chapter 4 - affective responses to illness and death. Part 2: Practical literacies - education, law and labour
Chapter 5 - education: learning, literacy and domestic virtues
Chapter 6 - work in countryside, cities and towns
Chapter 7 - medical knowledge and practice
Chapter 8: law, property and litigation
Part 3: Power - politics and religion
Chapter 9 - queens and courtiers: authority, networks and patronage
Chapter 10 - the intellectual world of catholic piety
Chapter 11 - protestant theology, spirituality and evangelicalism
Chapter 12 - women's political writing: civil war memoirs
Part 4: Intellect & materiality - humanities, arts and science
Chapter 13 - materializing women: dynamic interactions of gender and materiality
Chapter 14 - the visual arts
Chapter 15 - theatre and performance
Chapter 16 - science and natural philosophy
Chapter 17 - literature and letters

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