ABSTRACT
First published in 1998. This anthology coomprises a diverse range of historical treatises and tracts that discuss and debate gender and sexual relations in early modern England. Combining complete texts and extracts-many hitherto unavailable in modern editions-the collection focuses on prevailing conceptions of sexuality and gender in major areas and institutions of Tudor and Stuart society. A broad selection of religious sermons, moral handbooks, household manuals, midwifery and legal textbooks, ballads and chapbooks has been chosen.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Sermons and Homilies
part |1 pages
Moral and Religious Tracts
part |1 pages
Marriage and Household Manuals
chapter Chapter 8|18 pages
The Order of Household
Described Methodically out of the Word of God, with the Contrary Abuses Found in the World
chapter Chapter 11|14 pages
The Mother’s Blessing
Or, the Godly Counsel of a Gentlewoman, not Long since Deceased, Left behind for Her Children
part |1 pages
Midwifery
chapter Chapter 14|16 pages
Childbirth, or the Happy Delivery
Of Women: Wherein Is Set Down the Government of Women
part |1 pages
Ballads and Chapbooks
part |1 pages
Witchcraft
chapter Chapter 17|10 pages
A Discourse of the Damned Art
Of Witchcraft: So Far Forth as It Is Revealed in the Scriptures and Manifest by True Experience
chapter Chapter 18|18 pages
The Admirable History of the
Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman
part |1 pages
Law
chapter Chapter 19|36 pages
The Law’s Resolutions of
Women’s Rights: Or, the Law’s Provision for Women
