Women and Religion in England: 1500-1720 / Edition 1

by Patricia Crawford

Overview

Patricia Crawford demonstrates how the consideration of gender is central to our understanding of religious history. Women and Religion has three broad themes: the role and experience of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation to the Restoration; the significance of religion to contemporary women, focusing on the range of practices and beliefs; and the gendered nature of religious beliefs, institutions and language in the early modern period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415016971
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/19/1996
Series:	Christianity and Society in the Modern World
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Apprehending the Divine: Gender and the History of Religion Part 1. Religious Changes, 1500-1640 1. The Reformation 2. The Social Teachings of the Protestant Church: Women, Marriage and the Family 3. Anglicans, Puritans, and Catholics, 1558-1640 Part 2. Women's Religious Beliefs and Spirituality, 1500-1720 4. Piety and Spirituality 5. Dangerous Beliefs: Magic, Prophecy and Mysticism Part 3. Women and Radical Religion in the English Revolution, 1640-1660 6. Radical Religion: Separatists and Sectaries, 1558-1660 7. Separatist Churches and Sexual Politics 8. Sex and Power in the Early Quaker Movement: the Case of Martha Simmonds Part 4. Restoration to Toleration, 1660-1720 9. Anglicans, Catholics and Nonconformists after the Restoration, 1660-1720 10. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

‘... a book of great complexity and richness, at once both an effective general survey and a brilliant work of original scholarship on women and ‘radical religion' from 1640 to 1660. ... it is a treasure trove for teachers and scholars, and it deserves to be read widely.' - Eric Josef Carlson EHR

‘Will certainly generate debate on the condition of women in the early modern period.' - History Today

‘The implications of the author's argument are considerable.' - THES

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