Blood, Bodies and Families in Early Modern England

A new history of the family from a feminist perspective - it will challenge old ideas and open up fresh discussion on the subject.


* Economic and social history courses are taught at most universities so demand for the book is guaranteed. * Contains five previously published essays which have previously been difficult for readers to trace.
* Contains two new pieces, one on men within the family and the second on sibling relationships.  These are eagerly anticipated because of the writer's outstanding reputation.

* Contains a bibliographical essay reviewing the published literature on the subject so will offer readers a comprehensive overview of critical thought on the subject.

1. Attitudes to menstruation in seventeenth-century England
Appendix to chapter ¿ Attitudes to pregnancy, from a woman's spiritual diary, 1687¿8
2. Sexual knowledge in England, 1500¿1750
3. The construction and experience of maternity in seventeenth-century England
4. Blood and paternity
5. ¿The sucking child¿: Adult attitudes to child care in the first year of life in seventeenth-century England
6. Katharine and Philip Henry and their children: A case study in family ideology
7. Sibling relationships