'An excellent introduction to the recent literature dealing with its subject, while shedding valuable new light on the experience of women in the early modern period.' - Ecclesiastical History

• Introduction 1 Attitudes to women 2 The media 3 The methods 4 Women as recipients 5 Away to school 6 Women as agents 7 Mothers as educators

'An excellent introduction to the recent literature dealing with its subject, while shedding valuable new light on the experience of women in the early modern period.' - Ecclesiastical History

• Introduction 1 Attitudes to women 2 The media 3 The methods 4 Women as recipients 5 Away to school 6 Women as agents 7 Mothers as educators

'An excellent introduction to the recent literature dealing with its subject, while shedding valuable new light on the experience of women in the early modern period.' - Ecclesiastical History

• Introduction 1 Attitudes to women 2 The media 3 The methods 4 Women as recipients 5 Away to school 6 Women as agents 7 Mothers as educators