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Ingenious Trade

Women and Work in Seventeenth-Century London

by Laura Gowing ...

Ingenious Trade recovers the intricate stories of the young women who came to London in the late seventeenth century to earn their own living, most often with the needle, and the mistresses who set up shops and supervised their apprenticeships. Tracking women through city archives, it reveals the extent and complexity of their contracts, training and skills, from adolescence to old age. In ... Read more

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Ingenious Trade recovers the intricate stories of the young women who came to London in the late seventeenth century to earn their own living, most often with the needle, and the mistresses who set up shops and supervised their apprenticeships. Tracking women through city archives, it reveals the extent and complexity of their contracts, training and skills, from adolescence to old age. In
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Gender in Early Modern England

by Laura Gowing ...

Series series Seminar Studies
This concise and stimulating book explores the history of gender in England between 1500 and 1700. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to include new material on global connections, masculinity and recent historiography.Amid the upheavals of the Reformation and Civil Wars, gender was political. Sexual difference and women’s roles were matters of public debate, while social and economic ... Read more

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This concise and stimulating book explores the history of gender in England between 1500 and 1700. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to include new material on global connections, masculinity and recent historiography.Amid the upheavals of the Reformation and Civil Wars, gender was political. Sexual difference and women’s roles were matters of public debate, while social and economic
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Common Bodies

Women, Touch and Power in Seventeenth-Century England

by Laura Gowing ...

This pioneering book explores for the first time how ordinary women of the early modern period in England understood and experienced their bodies. Using letters, popular literature, and detailed legal records from courts that were obsessively concerned with regulating morals, the book recaptures seventeenth-century popular understandings of sex and reproduction. This history of the female body is ... Read more

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This pioneering book explores for the first time how ordinary women of the early modern period in England understood and experienced their bodies. Using letters, popular literature, and detailed legal records from courts that were obsessively concerned with regulating morals, the book recaptures seventeenth-century popular understandings of sex and reproduction. This history of the female body is
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Women's Worlds in Seventeenth Century England

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Edited by Patricia Crawford, Laura Gowing ...

Women's Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on women's lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in history, from Deborah Brackley, a poor Devon servant, to Katharine Whitstone, Oliver Cromwell's sister, and Queen Anne. Drawing on unpublished, ... Read more

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Women's Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on women's lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in history, from Deborah Brackley, a poor Devon servant, to Katharine Whitstone, Oliver Cromwell's sister, and Queen Anne. Drawing on unpublished,
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Women's Worlds in Seventeenth-Century England

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Edited by Patricia Crawford, Laura Gowing ...

Womens Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on womens lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in history, Drawing on unpublished, archival materials, the book explores women's:* experiences of work, sex, marriage and motherhood* beliefs and ... Read more

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Womens Worlds in England presents a unique collection of source materials on womens lives in sixteenth and seventeenth century England. The book introduces a wonderfully diverse group of women and a series of voices that have rarely been heard in history, Drawing on unpublished, archival materials, the book explores women's:* experiences of work, sex, marriage and motherhood* beliefs and
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All the Love Under the Vast Sky

by Kip Wilson, Alexandra Alessandri, David Bowles, Melanie Crowder, Margarita Engle, Eric Gansworth, Robin Gow, Laura Ruby, Padma Venkatraman, Jasmine Warga0, Charles Waters1, Mariama J. Lockington2 ...

**In this stunning collection of short stories in verse for young adults, Malka Penn Award-winner Kip Wilson and eleven other celebrated and acclaimed writers explore the many facets of love and how it shapes our lives.“Quick, big hearted, and well curated, this is an anthology of stories about love, but not love stories.”—School Library Journal“Great for readers interested in bite-size bits of ... Read more

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**In this stunning collection of short stories in verse for young adults, Malka Penn Award-winner Kip Wilson and eleven other celebrated and acclaimed writers explore the many facets of love and how it shapes our lives.“Quick, big hearted, and well curated, this is an anthology of stories about love, but not love stories.”—School Library Journal“Great for readers interested in bite-size bits of
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All the Love Under the Vast Sky

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**In this stunning collection of short stories in verse for young adults, Malka Penn Award-winner Kip Wilson and eleven other celebrated and acclaimed writers explore the many facets of love and how it shapes our lives.“Quick, big hearted, and well curated, this is an anthology of stories about love, but not love stories.”—School Library Journal“Great for readers interested in bite-size bits of ... Read more

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**In this stunning collection of short stories in verse for young adults, Malka Penn Award-winner Kip Wilson and eleven other celebrated and acclaimed writers explore the many facets of love and how it shapes our lives.“Quick, big hearted, and well curated, this is an anthology of stories about love, but not love stories.”—School Library Journal“Great for readers interested in bite-size bits of
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King John & Henry VIII

by William Shakespeare ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
“Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!”—King JohnIn one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and King John.THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:• original Introductions to Henry VIII and King John• incisive scene-by-scene s... ... Read more

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“Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!”—King JohnIn one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and King John.THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:• original Introductions to Henry VIII and King John• incisive scene-by-scene s...
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Old, Bold and Won’t Be Told

Shakespeare’s Amazing Ageing Ladies

by Yvonne Oram ...

Old women in Early Modern plays are stereotypically presented as ugly, randy, mouthy, mad. So Shakespeare is rare among dramatists of the day for his lively and empowering depictions of ageing ladies. This well-researched, accessible book looks at the way his old women subvert the stereotypes. There is particular focus on Paulina in The Winter’s Tale as a uniquely powerful old woman. ... Read more

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Old women in Early Modern plays are stereotypically presented as ugly, randy, mouthy, mad. So Shakespeare is rare among dramatists of the day for his lively and empowering depictions of ageing ladies. This well-researched, accessible book looks at the way his old women subvert the stereotypes. There is particular focus on Paulina in The Winter’s Tale as a uniquely powerful old woman.
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Blood, Bodies and Families in Early Modern England

by Patricia Crawford ...

Series series Women And Men In History
This collection of essays contains a wealth of information on the nature of the family in the early modern period. This is a core topic within economic and social history courses which is taught at most universities. This text gives readers an overview of how feminist historians have been interpreting the history of the family, ever since Laurence Stone's seminal work FAMILY, SEX AND MARRIAGE IN ... Read more

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This collection of essays contains a wealth of information on the nature of the family in the early modern period. This is a core topic within economic and social history courses which is taught at most universities. This text gives readers an overview of how feminist historians have been interpreting the history of the family, ever since Laurence Stone's seminal work FAMILY, SEX AND MARRIAGE IN
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Heart in Pilgrimage

A Study of George Herbert

by Jane Falloon ...

The poet George Herbert was born in1593 and died just before his fortieth birthday in1633.While an undergraduate at Cambridge, he wrote to tell his mother that he had resolved that the poetry he wrote would always be consecrated to Gods glory. He wrote poetry throughout his life, but we only know of it now because, from his death bed, he sent the manuscript of the collection of his poems known as ... Read more

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The poet George Herbert was born in1593 and died just before his fortieth birthday in1633.While an undergraduate at Cambridge, he wrote to tell his mother that he had resolved that the poetry he wrote would always be consecrated to Gods glory. He wrote poetry throughout his life, but we only know of it now because, from his death bed, he sent the manuscript of the collection of his poems known as
... Read more
Hidden Shakespeare

A Biography

by Nicholas Fogg ...

On 26th April 1564, William Shakespeare was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon. He would go on to be the greatest writer who ever lived. In Hidden Shakespeare, Nicholas Fogg explores Shakespeare's life, from his family background and education in Stratford, through his career in London, to 1616, when he finally shuffled off this mortal coil. Fogg examines the circumstances and stories surrounding ... Read more

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On 26th April 1564, William Shakespeare was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon. He would go on to be the greatest writer who ever lived. In Hidden Shakespeare, Nicholas Fogg explores Shakespeare's life, from his family background and education in Stratford, through his career in London, to 1616, when he finally shuffled off this mortal coil. Fogg examines the circumstances and stories surrounding
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