The Cooke sisters : Education, piety and politics in early modern England

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This book is a study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to a formal education; the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians. Drawing particularly on the sisters' own writ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Allen, Gemma
Otros Autores: Gajda, Alexandra, Peacey, Jason, Milton, Anthony, Lake, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, > Lady, > 1540-1609.
Rowlett, Margaret Cooke, > 1532?-1558.
Killigrew, Katherine, > Lady, > -1583.
Burghley, Mildred Cooke Cecil, > Lady, > 1526-1589.
Bacon, Anne Cooke, > Lady, > 1528?-1610.
Civilization.
Politics and government.
HISTORY / Africa / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Femmes de la classe superieure > Éducation > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Femmes de la classe superieure > Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 16e siecle.
Upper class women > Education > England > History > 16th century.
Upper class women > England > Social conditions > 16th century.
England.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1485-1603.
Angleterre > Civilisation > 16e siecle.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1485-1603.
England > Civilization > 16th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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  • The Cooke sisters: Education, piety and politics in early modern England: GEMMA ALLEN; Half Title Page; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on conventions; Introduction; Chapter 1: 'Nouzeled and trained in the studie of letters': reading and learning; Chapter 2: 'Quod licuit feci': the power of the word; Chapter 3: 'Haud inane est quod dico': female counsellors; Chapter 4: 'Cecil's wife tells me': political networks; Chapter 5: 'Building up of the bodie of the fellowship of Saincts': religious networks.
  • Chapter 6: 'Of more learning than is necessary for that sex': responses to learned womenConclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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