Publication Type
Book Review
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2010
Abstract
Cissie Fairchilds offers a comprehensive synthesis of the main categories associated withgender history in early modern Europe. In particular, she draws attention to the uneasy relationship between patriarchal theory and the real lived experience of women who negotiatedand subverted masculine worlds during their everyday social interactions. Fairchilds has notintended this book to be a work of original research, but a textbook to present and reflectupon the major themes of gender history over the last few decades. As such, it is written in anengaging and accessible style, with clearly defined sections enabling the reader to understandthe aims and intent of each part, as well as leaving him or her with a sound general introduction to gender history.
Discipline
European History | Women's History
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Areas of Excellence
Sustainability
Publication
European History Quarterly
Volume
40
Issue
2
First Page
323
Last Page
324
ISSN
0265-6914
Identifier
10.1177/02656914100400020619
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Citation
WILLIAMSON, Fiona.
Cissie Fairchilds, Women in early modern Europe, 1500—1700. (2010). European History Quarterly. 40, (2), 323-324.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/251
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/02656914100400020619