Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720

"This [is a] vivid, highly readable book, the product of the two authors' research energies over the past twenty or so years....[E]very statement is footnoted, and most of the references are to manuscript and archival sources culled from all over England. A major scholarly achievement, it provides a detailed account of the lives of Englishwomen which has the depth of local study, and which goes far beyond interpretation of gender ideology as it is found in advice books or prescriptive sources."Mendelson, Sara is the author of 'Women in Early Modern England 1550-1720', published 1998 under ISBN 9780198201243 and ISBN 0198201249.