Women and Religion in England, 1500-1720
Author | : Patricia Crawford |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : England |
ISBN | : 9780415016971 |
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Patricia Crawford explores how the study of gender can enhance our understanding of religious history, in this study of women and their apprehensions of God in early modern England.Patricia Crawford demonstrates how the consideration of gender is central to our understanding of religious history. Women and Religion has three broad themes: the role and experience of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation to the Restoration; the significance of religion to contemporary women, focusing on the range of practices and beliefs; and the gendered nature of religious beliefs, institutions and language in the early modern period.