Women and Religion in England
1500-1720
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:27th May '93
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Patricia Crawford 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. The book has three broad themes: the role of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation to the Restoration; the significance of religion to contemporary women, focusing on the range of practices and beliefs; and the role of gender in the period. The author argues that religion in the early modern period cannot be understood without a perception of the gendered nature of its beliefs, institutions and language. Contemporary religious ideology reinforced women's inferior position, but, as the author shows, it was possible for some women to transcend these beliefs and profoundly influence history.
'Will certainly generate debate on the condition of women in the early modern period.' - History Today
'The implications of the author's argument are considerable.' - THES
'Women and Religion provides academics, as well as the general reader, with an useful overview of English women's religious practices and beliefs from the end of the Middle Ages to the early eighteenth century ... with its very full notes and references, provides a fine starting point for students in the field.' - Reformation, Vol 3. 1998
'This then, is a book that can be read with both profit and pleasure by feminists of all kinds.' - Australian Feminist Studies
ISBN: 9780415016964
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 720g
280 pages