Women in Early Modern Ireland, 1500-1800

Margaret (Lecturer in Modern Irish History, University College MacCurtain, Mary (Lecturer in Irish History, Queen's University, Belfast) O'Dowd

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Publisher's Synopsis

Assessing the role of women in Ireland between 1500 and 1800 - a period of considerable social and economic change, this volume examines Irish women in their domestic, political and religious activities. It looks at prejudices against women in the medical texts of the period; women's experience of education; the impact upon women of Gaelic law; women and childbirth; and the different opportunities offered by Catholicism and Protestantism, amongst other subjects.

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ISBN:	9780748602414
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:	18 Apr 1991
Edition:	New Edition
DEWEY:	305.4209415
Number of pages:	240
Weight:	514g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	25mm