1st Edition

Conduct Literature for Women, Part I, 1540-1640 vol 4

By William St Clair, Irmgard Maassen Copyright 2000
384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

This collection aims to give a chronological insight into the evolution of conduct literature, from its early roots in the Renaissance period through to the dramatically different role that women played at the emergence of the 20th century.

Penelopes web (1587), The praise of vertuous ladies (1599), A looking-glasse for married folkes (1610), My ladies looking glasse (1616), The excellency of good women (1613), 'His Wife' (1638), 'A happy husband' (1618)

Biography

William St Clair, Irmgard Maassen