Books in the Women And Men In History series

This volume presents the results of original research into women's lives and experiences in Ireland from 1500 to 1800. This was a time of considerable change in Ireland as English colonisation, religious reform and urbanisation transformed society on the island.

Focusing mainly on Britain, but offering comparisons with the experiences of women in other countries too, this study examines the impact of women campaigners and suffragettes on welfare and social policy formulation and implementation.

Focuses on the relationships which men formed with their wives in early modern England. The text looks at youth and courtship before marriage, male fears of their wives' gossip and sexual betrayal, and male friendships before and after marriage.

A vivid account of the changing status of men and masculinity as Britain moved into the modern period reveals the significance of social over sexual conduct for eighteenth century definitions of masculinity, using personal stories and diverse public statements drawn from conduct books, magazines, sermons and novels.

A revealing account of life below the stairs, based on close examination of court records and other documentary evidence, this book explores the gendered nature of domestic service, and makes a valuable contribution to the "separate spheres" debate.

This work is concerned with the memories of medieval people. In the Middle Ages, as now, men and women collected stories about the past and handed them down to posterity. This text explores who was responsible for the preservation of knowledge and how recollections were preserved and passed on.

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.

This collection of essays provides a framework within which to understand 18th-century men. The book is divided into four parts looking at: sociability, virtue and friendship, violence, and sexuality.

This study provides an account of women's experience of the French occupation and liberation during World War II. It considers the political choices they had to make and the pressures and constraints they were under.

Offering an in-depth synthesis of recent scholarship in the field, this major book presents a broad reconstruction of the Renaissance in Italy as both a social and gendered experience.

Using case studies of several European countries, this volume traces the emergence of the conventional association of widowhood with women and studies widowhood as a predominantly female experience from both the male and the female perspectives.

This collection of essays is designed to reveal the realities of men's lives in the Middle Ages. The essays cover a wide geographical range and span the entire medieval period, from the 4th to the 15th century. The book is divided into four main sections.

This volume brings together 11 essays which consider three main issues in the study of women and gender in early modern Germany: religion, law and work.

Exploring the diverse violence in Britain in the century between 1850 and 1950, this text includes sections on: everyday violence in the home; the use of violence within groups outside the home; how violence was regulated by the law and other agencies; and how violence was written about.

Looks at the role of gender in explaining the experiences of women and men at work. The text focuses on women's employment in the engineering industries between 1900 and 1950. It challenges the special place given to male dominance in many of the existing accounts of women's work.

These essays examine the lives of elderly women and attitudes towards them from 1500 to the present. They shed light on the process of industrialisation and welfare provision and question many common assumptions about elderly women.

Explores the role the Unitarians played in female emancipation. Many leading female figures of the late 18th and 19th centuries were Unitarian, or influenced by Unitarian ideas. This study examines how successful they were in challenging the ideas and social conventions affecting women.

This study considers the impact of the massive upheavals in women's working lives caused by industrialisation, revolution and civil war.

Organized into four sections of Courtly Worlds, Religious Experience, Civic Worlds, and Literature and Gender, this collection provides a contemporary map that helps in understanding the past. It includes essays that reflect the trend towards integrating the historical experience of women and men, and focuses on areas of contemporary interest.

This text looks at prostitution in London during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Drawing data from the archives of London's parishes, jury records, and reports from Southwark Gaol, the book aims to shed light on London society, its policing systemes, and its attitudes toward the female poor.

Brings together nine key articles John Tosh has written over the past ten years that use the theme of masculinity to bring a fresh perspective to the social history of the nineteenth century.

Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods.

Part of a series, written for students, academics and interested general readers alike. It tackles themes in gender history from the early medieval period to the present day. This book looks at women, education and social progress between 1790 and 1930.

Covering the role of imperial women in the period of the Crusades, this text explores why they were able to wield immense power during the 11th century and yet lost their position of influence a century later. It looks at various themes including kinship and the use of marriage alliances.