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Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women
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Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women: The World of Tudor-Stuart Womenby Suzanne W. Hull
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: According to the Author, May 27, 2000 Reviewer:"redaurella" (Sydney, Australia) - The stated goal of this book is to introduce readers to the world of English women in the Tudor and Stuart periods, using the written words of men at that time. Hull makes the point that most books were written by men, and few enough women could read. That means the sources she has focussed on - 'lifestyle guides' as we might call them now, dealing with issues such as health, rules for wives and daughters, sex, child care, and cooking - are of limited help in telling us what women's lives were really like. At times the book reads like a study in misogyny, with women being derided, scolded, and lectured by the male authors of the period. While the extracts make interesting reading, I found the author's voice intrusive, as she makes anachronistic comments about the advice given in the books. Overall I would have preferred more direct extracts and less comment. However it is a useful collection of sources for the period.
Book Description
What was it like to be a woman when England was ruled by a queen, but women had almost no legal power? When marriage cost women their property rights? When the ideal woman was rarely seen and never heard in public? In other words, what was it like to be a woman in England between 1525 and 1675? Suzanne Hull, in Women According to Men answers these questions and more, taking fascinating look at how women were described, and prescribed to act, by men during that time.
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