The first in a two-volume history of women in Western Europe ranges from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the modern age, documenting women's childhoods, the role of marriage, male-female relationships, and women's varied roles as mother, provider, widow, leader, nun, saint, prostitute, and witch. 17,500 first printing.
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ed by English critics as "one of the most important works of history to be published since the Second World War, " Olwen Hufton's fascinating and brilliantly learned study begins, in this first of two volumes, with a wide ranging exploration of women's fate in Western Europe from medieval times to the early modern age. of illustrations.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0679450300
- ISBN 13 9780679450306
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages638
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