Women In England 1500-1760 by Anne Laurence

Women In England 1500-1760 by Anne Laurence

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Explores the expectations and experiences of women in the crucial period between the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution.

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Women In England 1500-1760 by Anne Laurence

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
Here is a fascinating social history of women and their lives between the Reformation and the Industrial RevolutionAnne Laurence covers marriage, sex, childbirth, work within and outside the home, education, religion and women's activity in the community and the wider world
Anne Laurence studied history at the Universities of York and Oxford. She has worked at the Open University since 1976, where she is a Senior Lecturer in History. She has recently completed work on an Open University course on France and the British Isles in the seventeenth century, with a television series on the use of buildings for social history.
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ISBN 13 9781842126226
ISBN 10 1842126229
Title Women In England 1500-1760
Author Anne Laurence
Series Women In History
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2005-09-01
Number of pages 336
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