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Women in History, England, Modern period, c 1500 onwards, Prose: non-fiction, History, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women
Explores the expectations and experiences of women in the crucial period between the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution.
Drawing on a wide range of recent research, WOMEN IN ENGLAND is an intimate social history of women who experienced life between the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution.
Anne Laurence writes about marriage, sex, childbirth, work within and outside the household, education, religion and women's activity in the community and the wider world.
'A marvellously rich and fresh survey of English women from the Reformation to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution' Roy Porter, The Sunday Times
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