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ID1084
TitleThe Weaker Vessel
SubtitleWoman's Lot in Seventeenth-century England
AuthorAntonia Fraser
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PublisherPhoenix
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Publication Year2002
ISBN#1-84212-635-0
Pages678
Languageen
GenreEngland
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SummaryAntonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth-century England. Just how weak were the women of the Civil War era? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Did anyone marry for love? Could a woman divorce? What rights had the unmarried? What expectations the widows? An expert on the period, Antonia Fraser brings to life the many and various women she has encountered in her considerable research: governesses, milkmaids, fishwives, nuns, defenders of castles, courtesans, countesses, witches and widows.
CommentsWhat were the women of the Civil War era like? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Antonia Fraser brings to life the many women she has researched.
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