Women in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700

TitleWomen in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsFairchilds, Cissie
Number of Pages378
PublisherPearson Longman
CityHarlow
Abstract

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.

URLhttps://www.pearson.ch/HigherEducation/Longman/EAN/9780582357181/Women-in-Early-Modern-Europe-1500-1700
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