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

Hull, Suzanne W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761991204 ISBN 13: 9780761991205

Publisher: AltaMira Press, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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From the Back Cover:

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 a 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 for 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 guidebooks, Hull elucidates what the rules for women were during this time, while also discussing health habits, household remedies, theories on conception, the care of children, the making of food, fashion and more.

About the Author:

Suzanne W. Hall is the author of Chaste, Silent & Obedient and was the principal officer of the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens.

About this edition

• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0761991204
• ISBN 13: 9780761991205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240