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The Pastoral Care of Women in Late Medieval England Beth Allison Barr Boydell 2008 Hardback
Illuminating the shadowy world of pastoral care in late medieval England, Dr Barr's study examines how priests perceived and fulfilled their spiritualIlluminating the shadowy world of pastoral care in late medieval England, Dr Barr's study examines how priests perceived and fulfilled their spiritual obligations to their female parishioners. In particular, she focuses on the vernacular writings of John Mirk (Festial and Instructions for Parish Priests) and demonstrates how a few influential sermon compilations, exempla and pastoral guides could have significantly influenced the attitudes of 14th and 15th century priests. ...more
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Janet Howarth introduces this edition of a classic Victorian argument for the equal education of women, written by the founder of Girton College - theJanet Howarth introduces this edition of a classic Victorian argument for the equal education of women, written by the founder of Girton College - the first college to give women a university education. Slightly off-mint. ...more
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Medieval Religious Women in the Low Countries The 'Modern Devotion', the Canonesses of Windesheim and their Writings Wybren Scheepsma; Trans. David F Johnson Boydell 2004 Hardback
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More Than Mere Amusement Working-Class Women's Leisure in England, 1750-1914 Catriona M Parratt Northeastern University Press 2001 Paperback
This study of working-class women's leisure and recreation from 1750 to 1914 shows that while poverty and drudgery were constants in their lives, thesThis study of working-class women's leisure and recreation from 1750 to 1914 shows that while poverty and drudgery were constants in their lives, these women made efforts to enjoy themselves whenever possible, going to music halls, shopping for clothes, frequenting pubs and clubs and playing games. Drawing on scholarly accounts and her own primary research, Parratt traces the history of women's leisure and the constraints imposed on it by patriarchal industrial capitalism. ...more
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The Feminist Promise 1792 to the Present Christine Stansell Modern Library 2010 Hardback
At various times, feminism has promised equal rights, equal pay, votes for women, world peace and an end to prostitution. What unites these seemingly At various times, feminism has promised equal rights, equal pay, votes for women, world peace and an end to prostitution. What unites these seemingly disparate aims? This ambitious history of the feminist project surveys its historical phases from the 19th Amendment to the radical feminism of the 1960s, profiling leading figures from Mary Wollstonecraft to Betty Friedan, charting its successes and failures and asserting its continued importance for the 21st century. ...more
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Marriage and its Dissolution in Early Modern England (Four volumes) Torri L Thompson (Edited by) Pickering & Chatto 2005 Hardback
These volumes present facsimile texts of 16th and 17th century primary sources that, in the words of the editor, 'represnt the tremendous complexity aThese volumes present facsimile texts of 16th and 17th century primary sources that, in the words of the editor, 'represnt the tremendous complexity and confusion that compelled Early Modern authors to participate in Anglican/dissenter debates over sexuality, marriage and its breakdown'. Thompson presents, with introductions and endnotes, 21 texts, including Henry VIII's A Glasse of the Truthe (1531), Vives' The Office and Duetie of an Husband (1555) and writings by Tyndale, Erasmus and Latimer. No jackets. ...more
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Vol 5 deals with the 'state of midwifery' and some rare texts by William Smellie. Vol 6 presents Elizabeth Nihell's Treatise on the Art of Midwifery (Vol 5 deals with the 'state of midwifery' and some rare texts by William Smellie. Vol 6 presents Elizabeth Nihell's Treatise on the Art of Midwifery (1760) and a review by Smollett. Vol 7 is devoted to works about lying-in hospitals and the male/female midwifery debates. Vol 8 consists of lectures and essays, 1750-1769....more
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Vol 1 covers popular culture and medicine, midwifery and the law and texts on the 'maternal imagination'. Vol 2 is devoted to the Mary Toft Affair. VoVol 1 covers popular culture and medicine, midwifery and the law and texts on the 'maternal imagination'. Vol 2 is devoted to the Mary Toft Affair. Vol 3 contains works by continental midwives in translation. Vol 4 presents three midwifery texts for women....more
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