Table of Contents

Part 1: Analysis 1. Bodies and Minds 2. Patriarchal Households 3. Communities 4. Polity 5. Conclusion Part 2: Documents

About the Author

Laura Gowing is Professor of Early Modern History at King’s College, London and the author of several books and articles on the history of women, sexuality, and the body. Her most recent publication is Ingenious Trade: Women and Work in Seventeenth-Century London (2021).