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»Frauenleben« ist ein Meilenstein der Frauengeschichtsforschung, eine monumentale Gesamtdarstellung der Geschichte der Frauen in der Frühen Neuzeit (1500-1800). Das Buch enthält jedoch nicht nur eine Frauengeschichte, sondern es geht in ihr natürlich auch um unser Verständnis männlicher Lebensläufe. Nur wenigen Historikerinnen und Historikern ist es gegeben, die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen des vorindustriellen Zeitalters - vom ausgehenden M...

How did women in 16th century western Europe cope with the consequences of being considered inherently sinful--as well as being legally and economically subordinate to their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons? What might become of a woman unable to raise a dowry? What were the difficulties faced by spinsters, single mothers, and widows? In this brilliant investigation into the lives of women from all social strata, Hufton leads us from poor...

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This book is an updated and revised edition of a classic introduction to one of the key periods in modern European history. Olwen Hufton not only illuminates the complex and significant events of the first era in which modernity is recognisable but provides the essential background to the revolutionary period that followed.

Hufton examines the motivations of two groups of women during the Revolution, the strategies they used to advance their respective causes, and the bitter misogyinistic legacy of the republican tradition which persisted into the twentieth century.

This book is an updated and revised edition of a classic introduction to one of the key periods in modern European history. Olwen Hufton not only illuminates the complex and significant events of the first era in which modernity is recognisable but provides the essential background to the revolutionary period that followed.