Women, Identities and Communities in Early Modern Europe

'The authors examine moments of shared gender identity as well as recognize the differences between women; and they analyze how notions of community could both result in solidarity as well as exclusions and divisions between women ... impressive in pulling together new and exciting work on a variety of topics, such as the meaning of neighborhood for women of the gentry class and the role of elite women as preservers and creators of courtly ritual ... makes an original contribution by arguing how community and identity constitute power relationships.' Amy Froide, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author of Never Married: Singlewomen in Early Modern England

’The Introduction is strongly footnoted, with a number of relevant sources. The collection is well-edited, including a good, and up-to-date, select bibliography on the themes of the volume. The notes are thorough and there is also an index. This is a fine example of current work in feminist Early Modern scholarship. I strongly recommend it to students and specialists alike.’ Parergon

’The volume is a valuable addition to our knowledge of women's lives and self-perceptions in the early modern period and also has much that will be useful and thought-provoking to readers pursuing questions about how gender structured women's experiences of identity and community in other times and places as well.’ Sixteenth Century Journal