Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-320) and index.
Contents
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Attitudes to women; Status; The media; Out of church; The methods; Learning to read; Listening and memory aids; Example and exemplars; Ambience: punishment and reward; When?; Women as recipients; Advices; Away to school; Academies; Elementary schools; Women as agents; Private prayer; Closet meditation; Women's reading; Mothers as educators; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Secondary sources; Index.
Summary
This is a study of the nature and extent of the education of women at this time in the context of both Protestant and Catholic ideological debates. This book offers wider insights into the controls placed on women and the freedom available to them.
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