Originally published in 1990, this book met the rising interest in the subject of women in pre-
industrial England, bringing together a group of scholars with diverse and wide-ranging …

This book places childbirth in early-modern England within a wider network of social
institutions and relationships. Starting with illegitimacy-the violation of the marital norm-it …

To speak plainly, I am very sorry for the forlorn state of Matrimony, which is as much ridicul'd
by our Young Ladys as it us'd to be by young fellows; in short, both Sexes have found the …

Understanding how premodern letter-writers employed emotional scripts offers an additional
lens with which to understand the socio-cultural context in which letters were produced …

Marriage has been one of the central locations where historians have explored emotion.
Approaches from the history of emotions, however, have illuminated intimate relationships …

Children have been invisible in most historical narratives about early America except as
their lives relate to those of adults. Even then, historians have tended to portray their lives as …