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Aristocratic and Gentry Women, 1460–1640
Author(s) -
Harris Barbara J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00332.x
Subject(s) - gentry , subject (documents) , position (finance) , feminism , work (physics) , field (mathematics) , gender studies , history , psychology , women's history , sociology , engineering , computer science , archaeology , mechanical engineering , mathematics , finance , library science , pure mathematics , economics
This essay surveys both the external and internal developments that have shaped work on late medieval and early modern English aristocratic women in the last century. Feminism and the position of women have played a crucial role in determining the level of interest in and interpretations of the subject. The development of related fields such as family history, feminist theory, and women’s studies has also profoundly affected the evolution of the field and current work on it.