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Threading Time
Publisher Fact Sheet The author uses a generic conception of threadwork--all kinds of work done with thread, fiber & yarn--to explore the essential link between the human spirit & the art of connecting threads, relying primarily on art & literature sources.
Attending to Women in Early Modern England
"This volume contains the edited proceedings from the 1990 symposium "Attending to Women in Early Modern England," which was sponsored by the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the University of Maryland at College Park. Edited by Betty S. Travitsky and Adele F. Seeff in collaboration with a national committee of scholars, the book focuses on the interdisciplinary study of women in early modern England, addressing such areas of scholarly concern as what new research concepts can guide scholarship on early modern women? How were the public and private identities of these women constructed? What were the similarities between visible and invisible women in early modern England? How can - and should - studies on early modern women transform the classroom?"--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Hopes for Better Spouses
Modern Protestant debates about spousal relations and the meaning of marriage began in a forgotten international dispute some 300 years ago. The Lutheran-Pietist ideal of marriage as friendship and mutual pursuit of holiness battled with the idea that submission defined spousal roles. Exploiting material culture artifacts, broadsides, hymns, sermons, private correspondence, and legal cases on three continents -- Europe, Asia, and North America -- A. G. Roeber reconstructs the roots and the dimensions of a continued debate that still preoccupies international Protestantism and its Catholic and Orthodox critics and observers in the twenty-first century.
Wives, Heiresses, Businesswomen
In the public imagination, small and medium-sized family businesses have always been male-dominated organisations, with those headed by women regarded as barely noteworthy exceptions to the rule. These ideas and associations are far from telling the full story; the proportion of women among Germany's self-employed population remained above 20 per cent throughout the twentieth century. A surge of interest in female entrepreneurs among academic researchers and in the political and media spheres has resulted in increasing recognition of their achievements past and present. There nevertheless remains a persistent tendency to overlook the fact that women have always made a vital contribution to t...
Civic Culture and Everyday Life in Early Modern Germany
The book offers a concise introduction to the history of art, culture and everyday life of cities in the German cultural area between renaissance and revolution. References from sources and illustrations define the text; they are together useful resources for classes at schools and universities.
Marriage and Dowry: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance and Reformation, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of European history and culture between the 14th and 17th centuries. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.oxfordbibliographies.com.
Witwen
Diese interdisziplinäre Untersuchung erschließt den Inhalt nur in historischen Publikationen erhaltener und bisher kaum erforschter Texte für den Witwenstand: Witwenspiegel, Gebetbücher, Traktate und Predigten. Deren Verfasser waren vor allem Theologen, die das Verhalten von Witwen innerhalb der Gesellschaft beeinflussen, ihnen aber zugleich Lebenshilfe und Trost bieten wollten. Die literaturwissenschaftliche Analyse ergänzt eine mikrohistorische Studie zu den Lebensverhältnissen von Witwen in Nürnberg. Diese informiert in Text und Bild über deren Berufe und Wohnorte, Trauerkleidung und Rechtsverhältnisse sowie Maßnahmen zur Armenfürsorge vor der Einführung von Witwenkassen. Vielfältige kulturhistorische Dokumente belegen die bisher unterschätzte Stiftungspraxis von Witwen. Briefe und Selbstzeugnisse von Nürnberger Patrizierinnen oder Pfarrwitwen vermitteln facettenreiche, lebensnahe Eindrücke der Chancen und Probleme des Lebens im Witwenstand.
Married Women and the Law in Premodern Northwest Europe
Fresh approaches to how premodern women were viewed in legal terms, demonstrating how this varied from country to country and across the centuries.
