ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|47 pages

Attitudes to women

chapter 2|20 pages

The media

chapter 3|29 pages

The methods

chapter 4|20 pages

Women as recipients

chapter 5|28 pages

Away to school

chapter 6|34 pages

Women as agents

chapter 7|53 pages

Mothers as educators

chapter |3 pages

Conclusion