Women and Religion in England 1500-1720 [Paperback]

Patricia Crawford demonstrates how the consideration of gender is central to our understanding of religious history. Women and Religionhas three broad themes: the role and experience of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation to the Restoration; the significance of religion to contemporary women, focusing on the range of practices and beliefs; and the gendered nature of religious beliefs, institutions and language in the early modern period.