A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650

ISBN-13: 9780367882532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 630 str.

Carole Levin; Anna Riehl Bertolet; Jo Eldridge Carney

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From the exemplary to the notorious to the obscure, this comprehensive and innovative encyclopedia showcases the worthy women of early modern England. Poets, princesses, or pirates, the women found in these pages are indeed worth knowing and this volume will introduce many female figures to even the most established scholars in the field. The book

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, AND ENTERTAINERS

Beale, Mary Cradock Beale

Horenbout, Susanna Horenbout [Horenbolte] Parker Gilman

Inglis, Esther Inglis Kello

Jane the Fool

Perwich, Susanna Perwich

Teerlinc, Levina Benninck Teerlinc

Thomasina

2. CRIMINALS

Abbott, Elizabeth Abbott

Arden, Alice Arden

Barnes, Elizabeth Barnes

Baynton, Mary Baynton

Bridgestone, Ann Bridgestone

Brigge, Mabel Brigge

Bulmer, Margaret Cheyne Bulmer

Caldwell, Elizabeth Caldwell

Chamber, Rebecca Chamber

Champion, Mary Champion

Clarke, Alice Clarke

Cowland, Alice Cowland

Crofte, Elizabeth Crofte

Davis, Alice Davis

Davy, Margaret Davy [Davie]

Dell, Annis Dell

Downes, Katherine Stamfort Downes

Drewry, Anne Drewry [Drewie, Calfield]

Evans, Elizabeth Evans ["Canberry Bess"]

Ferneseede, Margaret Ferneseede

Ferrers, Katherine Ferrers Fanshawe

Francis, Katherine Francis

Frith, Mary Frith ["Moll Cutpurse"]

Greene, Anne Greene

Gunter, Anne Gunter

Hamton, Anne Hamton

Hattersley, Jane Hattersley

Hayward, Petronella Brightred Hayward

Helliker, Joan Helliker

Howard, Frances Howard Devereux Carr, Countess of Essex and Somerset

Hungerford, Agnes Cotell Hungerford

Lake, Mary Ryder Lake

Osborne, Mary Osborne

Page, Eulalia Glanfield Page

Pendleton, Ellen Pendleton Floder

Phelps, Judith Phelps

Rodney, Anne Lake Cecil Rodney, Lady Ros

Saunders, Anne Saunders

Scambler, Martha Scambler

Throckmorton, Frances Brydges Throckmorton

Turner, Ann Norton Turner

Vincent, Margaret Vincent

Wallen, Anne Wallen<

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Carole Levin is Willa Cather Professor of History and Director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at the University of Nebraska, USA.

Anna Riehl Bertolet is Associate Professor of English at Auburn University, USA.

Jo Eldridge Carney is Professor of English at The College of New Jersey, USA.