Ages of woman, ages of man : sources in European social history, 1400-1750 / edited by Monica Chojnacka and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks ; contributor/translators, Darlene Abreu-Ferreira ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chojnacka, Monica.

Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Europe--Social conditions--To 1492--Sources.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--16th century--Sources.

Europe--Social conditions--17th century--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

viii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Longman, 2002.

Summary:

The collection is organized around two main principles, stages of life and gender, and is divided into eight chapters: childhood, youth and sexuality, courtship and weddings, married life, economic life, networks and communities, and widowhood and old age. The sources address the numerous and varied ways in which women and men's notions of themselves affected their lives, and explore how accepted norms of masculine and feminine behaviour influenced social, economic, and religious change. Guided by a general editors' introduction and then an introduction to each chapter, the user will find this an invaluable reference companion to early modern gender history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0582418739

OCLC:

48236267