This is the most comprehensive study of women's letters and letter-writing in early modern England so far undertaken. Drawing on over 3,000 manuscript letters, Daybell shows that letter-writing was a larger and more socially diversified area of female activity than often thought.
This is the most comprehensive study of women's letters and letter-writing in early modern England so far undertaken. Drawing on over 3,000 manuscript letters, Daybell shows that letter-writing was a larger and more socially diversified area of female activity than often thought.
James Daybell is Professor of Early Modern British History at Plymouth University, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has authored and acted as editor for a number of books including: The Material Letter in Early Modern England: Manuscript Letters and the Culture and Practices of Letter-Writing, 1512-1635 (2012), Women Letter-Writers in Tudor England (2006), and Early Modern Women's Letter-Writing, 1450-1700 (2001). He is currently Co-Director (with Kim McLean-Fiander, University of Victoria, Canada) of the British Academy and Leverhulme funded project 'Women's Early Modern Letters Online, Co-Director (with Svante Norrhem, Lund University) of the AHRC-funded network, 'Gender, Politics and Materiality in Early Modern Europe'. He is also co-presenter and writer of the Histories of the Unexpected Podcast (with Dr Sam Willis), which is hosted on Dan Snow's History Hit Network. His co-authored work, Histories of the Unexpected, will publish later this year.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction 2: Letters and Letter-Writers 3: The Composition of Letters 4: Female Literacy and the Conventions of Letter-Writing 5: Delivery, Reception, and Reading 6: The Functions of Letter-Writing 7: Social Relations Inscribed in Correspondence: Authority and Affection 8: Marital Correspondence 9: Letters of Petition 10: Conclusion Bibliography Index
1: Introduction 2: Letters and Letter-Writers 3: The Composition of Letters 4: Female Literacy and the Conventions of Letter-Writing 5: Delivery, Reception, and Reading 6: The Functions of Letter-Writing 7: Social Relations Inscribed in Correspondence: Authority and Affection 8: Marital Correspondence 9: Letters of Petition 10: Conclusion Bibliography Index
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