Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England

by Charlton; Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780415181488
• ISBN10: 0415181488
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134676583
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-17
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern Englandis a study of the nature and extent of the education of women in the context of both Protestant and Catholic ideological debates. Examining the role of women both as recipients and agents of religious instruction, the author assesses the nature of power endowed in women through religious education, and the restraints and freedoms this brought.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	1	(9)
Attitudes to women	10	(47)
Nature and nurture	10	(17)
Status	27	(30)
The media	57	(20)
In church	57	(6)
Out of church	63	(14)
The methods	77	(29)
Learning to read	78	(6)
Listening and memory aids	84	(8)
Example and exemplars	92	(5)
Ambience: punishment and reward	97	(3)
When?	100	(6)
Women as recipients	106	(20)
The family and religious education	106	(12)
Advices	118	(8)
Away to school	126	(28)
In the household of another	126	(5)
Academies	131	(11)
Elementary schools	142	(12)
Women as agents	154	(34)
Gadders to sermons	154	(13)
Private prayer	167	(4)
Closet meditation	171	(6)
Women's reading	177	(11)
Mothers as educators	188	(53)
Conclusion	241	(3)
Notes	244	(54)
Bibliography	298	(1)
Primary sources	298	(11)
Secondary sources	309	(12)
Index	321