Blood, Bodies and Families in Early Modern England

Author	Patricia Crawford
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9780582405134
Publication Date	14/02/2009
Publisher	Pearson Education Limited
Manufacturer	Pearson Education Limited

This book is a collection of essays that explore the nature of the family in the early modern period. Feminist historians have been interpreting the history of the family, ever since Laurence Stone's seminal work "Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-18002 was published in 1977.

This collection of essays examines the nature of the family in the early modern period. The book gives readers an overview of how feminist historians have been interpreting the history of the family, ever since Laurence Stone's seminal work "Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-18002 was published in 1977.