This book is a study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to a formal humanist education, the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians. Drawing particularly on the sisters' own writings, including those in classical languages, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of the lives of Mildred Cooke Cecil (152689), Anne Cooke Bacon (15281610), Margaret Cooke Rowlett (c. 153358), Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell (c. 15401609) and Katherine Cooke Killigrew (c. 154283).
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People can talk about love. People can talk about money. The really hard thing is to talk about those two topics together. Especially when getting married or moving in together

Three professionals from different fields confront this issue: Gemma Allen, a prominent family law attorney; Judge Michele Lowrance, a long-time judge in the divorce division, who is now a mediator; and Terry Savage, a famed financial writer and money advisor. They explain that not only can love and money be talked about together, but that if the conversation is done with respect the relationship will have a...

This book is a study of five remarkable sixteenth-century women. Part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to a formal humanist education, the Cooke sisters were also well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians. Drawing particularly on the sisters' own writings, including those in classical languages, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of the lives of Mildred Cooke Cecil (1526-89), Anne Cooke Bacon (1528-1610), Margaret Cooke Rowlett (c. 1533-58), Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell (c. 1540-1609) and Katherine Cooke Killigrew (c. 1542-83)....