Seventeenth-Century Mother’s Advice Books

Urban, M.

Advice books published by women were a popular genre in Seventeenth and early Eighteenth-century England and they were moral manuals with strong religious overtones. Here, Urban highlights a notable exception: Age Rectified, which counsels women to acquire a 'disposition of mind' in old age which allows them to be accepted by younger generations.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-02-22

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403970664

DOI: 10.1057/9781403977069

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 206