Bücher von Patricia Crawford

This collection of essays examines the nature of the family in the early modern period. The book gives readers an overview of how feminist historians have been interpreting the history of the family, ever since Laurence Stone's seminal work "Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-18002 was published in 1977.

The author explores how the study of gender can enhance our understanding of religious history, in this study of women and their apprehensions of God in early modern England.