Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (New Approaches to European History, Series Number 1) - Softcover

Wiesner, Merry E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521386136 ISBN 13: 9780521386135

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This is a major new textbook, designed for students in all disciplines seeking an introduction to the very latest research on all aspects of women's lives in Europe from 1500 to 1750, and on the development of the notions of masculinity and femininity. The coverage is geographically broad, ranging from Spain to Scandinavia, and from Russia to Ireland, and the topics investigated include the female life-cycle, literacy, women's economic role, sexuality, artistic creations, female piety - and witchcraft - and the relationship between gender and power. To aid students each chapter contains extensive notes on further reading (but few footnotes), and the approach throughout is designed to render the subject in as accessible and stimulating manner as possible. Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe is suitable for usage on numerous courses in women's history, early modern European history, and comparative history.

About this title

Book Description:

This is a major new edition of a stimulating and authoritative textbook. Merry Wiesner has updated and expanded her prize-winning study; she has added new sections on topics such as sexuality, masculinity, the impact of colonialism, and women's role as consumers. Other themes investigated include the female life-cycle, literacy, women's economic role, artistic creation, female piety--and witchcraft--and the relationship between gender and power. Accessible, engrossing, and lively, this book will be of central importance for courses in gender history, early modern Europe, and comparative history.

About the Author:

Merry Wiesner-Hanks is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal. Her previous publications include Early Modern Europe 1450-1789 (2006), Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe, 2nd edition (2000), Gender in History (2001), and Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World (2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521386136
• ISBN 13: 9780521386135
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276