1st Edition
Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England
By Kenneth Charlton
Copyright 1999
344 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England is a study of the nature and extent of the education of women in the context of both Protestant and Catholic ideological debates.
Examining the role of women both as recipients and agents of religious instruction, the author assesses the nature of power endowed in women through religious education, and the restraints and freedoms this brought.
Introduction 1 Attitudes to women 2 The media 3 The methods 4 Women as recipients 5 Away to school 6 Women as agents 7 Mothers as educators
Biography
Charlton, Kenneth
'An excellent introduction to the recent literature dealing with its subject, while shedding valuable new light on the experience of women in the early modern period.' - Ecclesiastical History
