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Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies, patriarchy, partnership and patronage, Rosemary O'Day

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Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies, patriarchy, partnership and patronage, Rosemary O'Day

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-475) and indexes

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contains biographical information

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women's agency in early modern Britain and the American colonies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

156818030

Responsibility statement

Rosemary O'Day

Series statement

Themes in British social history

Sub title

patriarchy, partnership and patronage

Table Of Contents

General introduction -- How and where were marriages solemnised? -- What was marriage? What was its purpose? -- Finding a partner among the landed aristocracy -- Making marriages among women of the professional and the middling sorts -- Attitudes to marriage -- Patriarchy -- Partnership and separation -- Mistress of the household : what wives did all day -- Mothers -- Wives and property -- Widows and widowhood -- Women's formal and informal education -- Women and religion -- Contemporary culture : print and non-print, public and private -- Women's cultural lives : participation

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