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1 online resource (264 pages) |
Series |
Women And Men In History |
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Women and men in history.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One Politics; 1 Marriage, Lordship and Politics, c. 1500-1692; Politics and marriage networks in sixteenth-century Ireland; Changing patterns of marriage in the seventeenth century; Political influence and power; Dublin Castle and court politics; Rebellion and war; Conclusion; 2 Politics, Patriotism and the Public Sphere: Women and Politics, 1692-1800; Parliamentary politics; Public sphere; Popular politics and patriotism; Rebellion, republicanism and women; Conclusion; Part Two The Economy |
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3 Portions, Property and Home: Women and the Economy, 1500-1696Single women and marriage portions; Heiresses; Single women in poor families; Married women in landed families; Married women in non-landed families; Widows, dower and jointures; Conclusion; 4 Women and Economic Opportunities in Eighteenth-Century Ireland; Family businesses; Women traders; Poor women; Domestic service; Farm work and servants; Conclusion; Part Three Religion and Education; 5 Women and Religious Change, 1500-1690; Pre-Reformation; Popular religion; Post-Reformation: the Catholic Church |
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Women in the Church of Ireland, 1536-1690Presbyterianism; Quakers, Independents and Baptists; 6 Charity, Catechising and Convents: Women and Religious Institutions, 1690-1800; Reforming, manners, family prayer and evangelicalism; Women and philanthropy; Lay Catholic women, education and convents; 7 Reading, Writing and Intellectual Interests; Literacy and education in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Education in the eighteenth century; Books and reading; Writing; Part Four Ideas; 8 Ideas and Laws About Women; 'Corraghliochas na mBan' (Female Policy Detected); Christian ideology |
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Science and medicineProtestant Reformation and Catholic reform; Colonial discourse and gender; Marriage, patriarchy and the law; The strengthening of Catholic patriarchy?; Behavioural and conduct books and the virtuous woman; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Women -- Ireland -- History
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Women -- Ireland -- Economic conditions
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Women -- Political activity -- Ireland -- History
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Women and religion -- Ireland -- History
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Women
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Women and religion
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Women -- Economic conditions
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Women -- Political activity
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Ireland
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781317877257 |
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131787725X |
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