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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Main Author: Allen, Gemma
Other Authors: Gajda, Alexandra, Peacey, Jason, Milton, Anthony, Lake, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 writings, this book demonstrates that the sisters' education extended far beyond that normally allowed for sixteenth-century women, challenging the view that women in this period were excluded from using their formal education to practical effect. It reveals that the sisters' learning provided them with oppo.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781526111951

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