Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England

This is a study of the nature and extent of the education of women at this time in the context of both Protestant and Catholic ideological debates. This book offers wider insights into the controls placed on women and the freedom available to them.

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Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England is a study of the nature and extent of the education of women in the context of both Protestant and Catholic ideological debates.
Examining the role of women both as recipients and agents of religious instruction, the author assesses the nature of power endowed in women through religious education, and the restraints and freedoms this brought.