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1 online resource (286 pages). |
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Politics Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP
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Politics Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP.
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The Cooke sisters: Education, piety and politics in early modern England: GEMMA ALLEN; Half Title Page; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on conventions; Introduction; Chapter 1: 'Nouzeled and trained in the studie of letters': reading and learning; Chapter 2: 'Quod licuit feci': the power of the word; Chapter 3: 'Haud inane est quod dico': female counsellors; Chapter 4: 'Cecil's wife tells me': political networks; Chapter 5: 'Building up of the bodie of the fellowship of Saincts': religious networks. |
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Chapter 6: 'Of more learning than is necessary for that sex': responses to learned womenConclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
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This book is a study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to a formal education; the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians. Drawing particularly on the sisters' own writings, this book demonstrates that the sisters' education extended far beyond that normally allowed for sixteenth-century women, challenging the view that women in this period were excluded from using their formal education to practical effect. It reveals that the sisters' learning provided them with oppo. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
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Burghley, Mildred Cooke Cecil, Lady, 1526-1589.
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Burghley, Mildred Cooke Cecil, Lady, 1526-1589. |
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Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.
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Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610. |
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Rowlett, Margaret Cooke, 1532?-1558.
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Rowlett, Margaret Cooke, 1532?-1558. |
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Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, 1540-1609.
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Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, 1540-1609. |
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Killigrew, Katherine, Lady, -1583.
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Killigrew, Katherine, Lady, -1583. |
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Upper class women -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century.
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Upper class women. |
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England. |
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Social conditions. |
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16th century |
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Upper class women -- Education -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Education. |
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History. |
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England -- Civilization -- 16th century.
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Civilization. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603.
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Great Britain. |
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Politics and government. |
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1485-1603 |
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Lake, Peter.
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Milton, Anthony.
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Peacey, Jason.
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Gajda, Alexandra.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Allen, Gemma. Cooke sisters : Education, piety and politics in early modern England. Oxford : Manchester University Press, ©2016 |
| ISBN |
9781526111951 |
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1526111950 |
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071908833X |
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9780719088339 |
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