Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

This new edition of Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey features significant changes to reflect the newest scholarship in every chapter.

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (Author)

9781108739351, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 January 2019

390 pages, 24 b/w illus. 2 maps
22.8 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.64 kg

'The content is comprehensive and well-structured, covering key concepts with appropriate depth for the intended course level. The writing is clear and accessible to students while maintaining academic rigor. The reasonable pricing and comprehensive support materials make it an attractive option.' Sonia Brighenti, San Diego State University

This fourth edition of Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey features significant changes to every chapter, designed to reflect the newest scholarship. Global issues have been threaded throughout the book, while still preserving the clear thematic structure of previous editions. Thus readers will find expanded discussions of gendered racial hierarchies, migration, missionaries, and consumer goods. In addition, there is enhanced coverage of recent theoretical directions; the ideas, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people; early industrialization; women's learning, letter writing, and artistic activities; emotions and sentiments; single women and same-sex relations; masculinities; mixed-race and enslaved women; and the life course from birth to death. With geographically broad coverage, including Russia, Scandinavia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Iberian Peninsula, this remains the leading text on women and gender in Europe in this period. Accompanying this essential reading is a completely revised website featuring extensive updated bibliographies, web links, and primary source material.

1. Ideas and laws
Part I. Body: 2. The female life cycle
3. Women's economic role
Part II. Mind: 4. Learning and letters
5. The creation of culture
Part III. Spirit: 6. Religion
7. Witchcraft
8. Gender and power
9. Gender in the colonial world.

Subject Areas: Gender & the law [LAQG], Gender studies: women [JFSJ1], Social & cultural history [HBTB], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], European history [HBJD]