The Cooke sisters : education, piety and politics in early modern England

The Cooke sisters education, piety and politics in early modern England

'Nouzeled and trained in the studie of letters' : reading and learning'Quod licuit feci' : the power of the word -- 'Haud inane est quod dico' : female counsellors -- 'Cecil's wife tells me' : political networks -- 'Building up of the bodie of the fe...

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1. Verfasser: Allen, Gemma (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Manchester u.a. Manchester Univ. Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain
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Burghley, Mildred Cooke Cecil > Bacon, Anne Cooke > Rowlett, Margaret Cooke > Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby > Killigrew, Katherine > Women > Education > Cecil, Mildred Cooke > England > Adel
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Zusammenfassung:'Nouzeled and trained in the studie of letters' : reading and learning'Quod licuit feci' : the power of the word -- 'Haud inane est quod dico' : female counsellors -- 'Cecil's wife tells me' : political networks -- 'Building up of the bodie of the fellowship of Saincts' : religious networks -- 'Of more learning than is necessary for that sex' : responses to learned women.
Drawing particularly on their own writings, provides a comprehensive analysis of the lives of the Cooke sisters, part of the select group of Tudor women allowed access to formal Humanist education and well-connected through their marriages to influential Elizabethan politicians
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XI, 273 S.
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24 cm
ISBN:071908833X
0-7190-8833-X
9780719088339
978-0-7190-8833-9