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83 - Gender Relations and the Position of Women

from Part IX - England, 1560–1650

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
Adelaide Meira Serras
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Anglican ChurchThe Book of Common PrayerBrathwaite, RichardCatherine of AragonchastitydowryElizabeth IEnglish Renaissancefeminine educationgender ideologyHenry VIIHenry VIIIKing LearmarriageMeasure for Measuremedieval timesobedienceReformationSpeght, RachelStubbes, KatherineTudor timesVives, Juan Luiswomen’s identitywomen’s professional careerwomen’s sexuality
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The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 642 - 649
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Callaghan, Dympna, ed. A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.Google Scholar
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