The English Woman in History

First published in 1957, The English Woman in History displays the place women have held and the influence they have exerted within the changing pattern of English society from the earliest down to modern times. All the women the reader will meet in these pages were real people who lived and worked in England.

Informationen zum Autor Doris Mary Stenton Zusammenfassung First published in 1957, The English Woman in History displays the place women have held and the influence they have exerted within the changing pattern of English society from the earliest down to modern times. All the women the reader will meet in these pages were real people who lived and worked in England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. The Anglo-Saxon Woman 2. Feudal Law and the Feudal Lady, 1066-1660 3. The Country woman 1066-1600 4. The Country-woman after 1600 5. The Renaissance and Reformation and their Consequences, 1400-1642 6 . Women in the English Revolution 7 . The Beginnings of English Feminism 8. Women and the New Scholarship 9. The Eighteenth Century Court and Society 10. The Eighteenth Century- The New Middle Class 11. Reaction and the Rise of Modern Feminism Epilogue Index

Autorentext

Doris Mary Stenton

Zusammenfassung
First published in 1957, The English Woman in History displays the place women have held and the influence they have exerted within the changing pattern of English society from the earliest down to modern times. All the women the reader will meet in these pages were real people who lived and worked in England.

Inhalt

Preface 1. The Anglo-Saxon Woman 2. Feudal Law and the Feudal Lady, 1066-1660 3. The Country woman 1066-1600 4. The Country-woman after 1600 5. The Renaissance and Reformation and their Consequences, 1400-1642 6. Women in the English Revolution 7. The Beginnings of English Feminism 8. Women and the New Scholarship 9. The Eighteenth Century Court and Society 10. The Eighteenth Century- The New Middle Class 11. Reaction and the Rise of Modern Feminism Epilogue Index