In Fraser's sure hands and supple prose, memorable and execrable historic moments spring to life. Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' 9.99 Hardcover 'Please retry' 26.00 19.65 2. The (Spenser): book I (Legend Of Holiness. The Weaker Vessel Paperback Septemby Antonia Fraser(Author) 4.1 out of 5 stars82 ratings Book 5 of 14: Women in History See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page.

Wealthy girls were routinely used as chips to bolster family fortunes through marriage, and any old, poor woman unfortunate enough to have 'a furred brow, a hairy lip, a squint eye, a squeaking voice or a scolding tongue' lived under suspicion of witchcraft, wrote one contemporary observer. Fraser, Antonia (1985) The Weaker Vessel: Womans Lot in Seventeenth-Century England, London: Mandarin. Although several good wives of London beat the Lord Mayor in 1649 for his part in trying to arrest five members of Parliament, it's certainly true that most Englishwomen of the time were hemmed in by the whims and fears of men. Drawing from a wondrously deep well of diaries, letters, and papers from 17th-century England, the gifted historian Antonia Fraser gives the image of the 'softer sex' a drubbing, plunging readers into the lives of 'heiresses and dairy maids, holy women and prostitutes, criminals and educators, widows and witches, midwives and mothers, heroines, courtesans, prophetesses, businesswomen, ladies of the court, and that new breed, the actress.' Prophetess Jane Hawkins, called 'a witty crafty baggage' by one angry bishop, got around the ironclad law forbidding women to preach by claiming inspiration from God, while Catholic Mary Ward risked her neck repeatedly to found a string of convents and schools for girls on the European continent. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. The Weaker Vessel Antonia Fraser 3.99 - 10.59 The Gunpowder Plot Antonia Fraser 3.86 - 5.99 King Charles II Antonia Fraser 4.09 - 6.69 Cromwell Antonia Fraser 4.42 - 18.87 Love Letters Antonia Fraser 4.69 - 12.89 Quiet as a Nun Antonia Fraser 4.19 - 17.

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