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My First Booke of My Life Alice Thornton ; edited and with an introduction by Raymond A. Anselment.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thornton, Alice, 1626-1707, author.
- Series:
- Early modern cultural studies.
- Early modern cultural studies
- Standardized Title:
- Autobiography of Mrs. Alice Thornton, of East Newton, Co. York
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--England--Social life and customs--17th century.
- Women.
- Mothers--England--Biography.
- Mothers.
- Wives--England--Biography.
- Wives.
- Christian women--Great Britain--Biography.
- Christian women.
- Women--England--Biography.
- England--Social life and customs--17th century.
- England.
- Yorkshire (England)--Biography.
- Yorkshire (England).
- Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714--Biography.
- Thornton, Alice, 1626-1707.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (665 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "An early modern domestic and spiritual memoir, My First Booke of My Life depicts the life of Alice Thornton (1626-1707), a complex, contradictory woman caught in the changing fortunes and social realities of the seventeenth century. Her memoir documents her perspective on the Irish Rebellion and English Civil War as well as on a plethora of domestic dangers and difficulties"--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Editorial Principles and Documentation; My First Booke; Notes; Index; About the Author; Series List
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1873 by the Surtees Society, with less of the original text, under title: The autobiography of Mrs. Alice Thornton, of East Newton, Co. York.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-277) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803254305
- 080325430X
- 9780803254299
- 0803254296
- OCLC:
- 876630839
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