The Cooke sisters :: Education, piety and politics in early modern England.

This book is a study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to a formal education; the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians. Drawing particularly on the sisters' own writ...

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1. Verfasser: Allen, Gemma
Weitere Verfasser: Lake, Peter, Milton, Anthony, Peacey, Jason, Gajda, Alexandra
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Schriftenreihe:Politics Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP.
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Zusammenfassung:This book is a study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to a formal education; the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians. Drawing particularly on the sisters' own writings, this book demonstrates that the sisters' education extended far beyond that normally allowed for sixteenth-century women, challenging the view that women in this period were excluded from using their formal education to practical effect. It reveals that the sisters' learning provided them with oppo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (286 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526111951
1526111950
9781526111944
1526111942

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