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  • MAIDS, WIVES, WIDOWS
    SARA READ
    A broad-ranging exploration of the everyday lives of women—from social calls to medical needs—during one of English history’s most fascinating periods.   Maids, wives, and widows were the official classifications of women according to English law in the early modern era, immediately following the medieval period. In this fascinating study of the time, historian Sara Read shows ...

    $229.00

  • MALADIES & MEDICINE
    JENNIFER EVANS / SARA READ
    Maladies and Medicine offers a lively exploration of health and medical cures in early modern England. The introduction sets out the background in which the body was understood, covering the theory of the four humors and the ways that male and female bodies were conceptualized. It also explains the hierarchy of healers from university trained physicians, to the itinerant women ...

    $179.00

  • EXPLORING THE LIVES OF WOMEN, 1558–1837
    LOUISE DUCKLING / SARA READ / FELICITY ROBERTS / CAROLYN D. WILLIAMS
    Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558-1837' is an engaging and lively collection of original, thought-provoking essays. Its route from Lady Jane Greys nine-day reign to Queen Victorias accession provides ample opportunities to examine complex interactions between gender, rank, and power. Yet the books scope extends far beyond queens: its female cast includes servants, aristocrats,...

    $229.00