What was it like to be a woman when England was ruled by a queen, but women had almost no legal power? When marriage cost women their property rights? When the ideal woman was rarely seen and never heard in public? In other words, what was it like to be a woman in England between 1525 and 1675? Suzanne Hull, in Women According to Men answers these questions and more, taking fascinating look at how women were described, and prescribed to act, by men during that time. Hull, the first woman ever appointed as a Principal Officer at the Huntington Library as well as the author of Chaste, Silent and Obedient, uses her years of experience researching 16th- and 17th-century texts to provide you with an authentic look at the state of women during the Elizabethan era. Through an examination of texts written during that time about and for women, Hull elucidates what the rules for women were then, as well as discussing health habits, household remedies, theories on conception, the care of children, the making of food, fashion and more.

Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women

Literature & Fiction

Hull, Suzanne W.

British & Irish

AltaMira Press

What was it like to be a woman when England was ruled by a queen, but women had almost no legal power? When marriage cost women their property rights? When the ideal woman was rarely seen and never heard in public? In other words, what was it like to be a woman in England between 1525 and 1675? Suzanne Hull, in Women According to Men answers these questions and more, taking fascinating look at how women were described, and prescribed to act, by men during that time. Hull, the first woman ever appointed as a Principal Officer at the Huntington Library as well as the author of Chaste, Silent and Obedient, uses her years of experience researching 16th- and 17th-century texts to provide you with an authentic look at the state of women during the Elizabethan era. Through an examination of texts written during that time about and for women, Hull elucidates what the rules for women were then, as well as discussing health habits, household remedies, theories on conception, the care of children, the making of food, fashion and more.

The author identifies and examines the books that appear to have been published, at least in part, for an English-speaking female audience during the Renaissance. Detailed bibliographic lists include not only books specifically directed to women as a group, but also histories and biographies of famous women as well as books with subjects specifically within a woman's province, such as midwifery, cookery, and needlework.

Chaste, Silent and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640

Classics

Huntington Library Pr

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/G. Dust jacket is edge chipped and torn; covered with mylar. Boards are edge worn and scuffed.

Chaste, Silent & Obedient: English Books for Women, 1475-1640

Huntington Library

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Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women

Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women

Chaste, Silent and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640

Chaste, Silent & Obedient: English Books for Women, 1475-1640