The gentlewoman's remembrance : Patriarchy, piety, and singlehood in early Stuart England

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A highly original and detailed study of an individual single woman in early modern England, based on a recently discovered spiritual autobiography authored by a never-married gentlewoman, Elizabeth Isham. Provides new perspective on women's writing, identity and status in the early modern perio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stephens, Isaac
Otros Autores: Gajda, Alexandra, Peacey, Prof Jason, Milton, Anthony
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Isham, Elizabeth, > 1608-1654.
Women > Social conditions.
Women.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Femmes > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle > Sources.
Femmes > Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 17e siecle.
Women > England > History > 17th century > Sources.
Women > England > Social conditions > 17th century.
England.
Sources.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page ; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: finding and remembering Elizabeth Isham; NOTES; Chapter 1 'My Booke of Rememberance': the spiritual autobiography of Elizabeth Isham; LIFE-WRITING IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND; THE SPECTRE OF DEATH AND THE EXEMPLARY MOTHER; A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOR OTHER EYES; EMBOLDENED BY THE SAINT; A HYBRID TEXT; NOTES; Chapter 2 'As a branch with a roote': the Ishams of Lamport and their world; ELIZABETH ISHAM'S FATHER AND PATRIARCH; ELIZABETH ISHAM'S BROTHER AND PATRIARCH.
  • THE WOMEN OF LAMPORT HALL (ARCHIVAL BITS AND BOBS)A PROFITABLE REMEMBRANCE OF THE ISHAM WOMEN; HISTORICAL MEMORY AND THE ISHAMS OF LAMPORT; NOTES; Chapter 3 'The sweet private life': singlehood in the patriarch's household; EARLY MODERN PATRIARCHY AND SINGLEHOOD; A BROTHER, A PATRIARCH, AND A SISTER; A FATHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP; DESIRING NEVER TO MARRY; LOVE, HONOUR, AND GOD; THE PRIVATE LIFE; PATRIARCHY AND SINGLEHOOD IN ELIZABETH ISHAM'S LIFE; NOTES; Chapter 4 'My own bookes': Elizabeth Isham's reading; BOOKS AND READING IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND; EXTERIORITY, EDUCATION, AND READING.
  • PIETY, HEALTH, AND WOMEN READINGAUTODIDACTIC READING, DEVOTIONAL BOOKS, AND INTERIORITY; HYBRID READING PRACTICES; NOTES; Chapter 5 'To piety more prone': Elizabeth Isham's religion; THE RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT OF EARLY MODERN ENGLAND; THE PRAYER BOOK, CONFORMITY, AND ROYALISM; A PURITAN STYLE OF PIETY; RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND DEVOTIONAL READING; GODLINESS PERSONIFIED IN THE ISHAM HOUSEHOLD; PRAYER BOOK PURITANISM?; NOTES; Conclusion: a memory restored; NOTE; Bibliography; MANUSCRIPT SOURCES; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; UNPUBLISHED THESES; Index.

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