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Custome Is an Idiot: JACOBEAN PAMPHLET LITERATURE ON WOMEN
Ms Susan Gushee . Ed(S): O'Malley
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paperback. Six annotated pamphlets on the role of women in 15th Century society. They give insight into debates within English culture on gossips, treatises against wife-beating, superiority of women, and cross-dressing. They constitute a significant body of primary literature, allowing the contending voices to be heard. Editor(s): O'Malley, Ms Susan Gushee. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBT; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Containing the complete and annotated texts of six pamphlets written between 1609 and 1620, "Custome Is an Idiot" makes an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on early modern British cultural history, specifically on competing opinions about the role of women in society.
During the early seventeenth century a fierce debate raged in British intellectual society regarding the role of women, how much is ordained by God, and how much is merely custom. The pamphlets that circulated at the time reveal a great deal about the terms of the debate, and these six constitute a significant body of ... Read more
Containing the complete and annotated texts of six pamphlets written between 1609 and 1620, "Custome Is an Idiot" makes an invaluable contribution to the scholarship on early modern British cultural history, specifically on competing opinions about the role of women in society.
During the early seventeenth century a fierce debate raged in British intellectual society regarding the role of women, how much is ordained by God, and how much is merely custom. The pamphlets that circulated at the time reveal a great deal about the terms of the debate, and these six constitute a significant body of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252071287
SKU
V9780252071287
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Reviews for Custome Is an Idiot: JACOBEAN PAMPHLET LITERATURE ON WOMEN
"We still have much to learn about the lives of women and the attitudes toward them in early modern England. Susan O'Malley's six texts make a valuable contribution to such a project and her careful editing and generous notations guide us in recovering an essential part of the culture." -Arthur F. Kinney, President, Renaissance English Text Society