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From the exemplary to the notorious to the obscure, this comprehensive and innovative encyclopedia showcases the worthy women of early modern England. Poets, princesses, or pirates, the women of power and agency found in these pages are indeed worth knowing, and this volume will introduce many female figures to even the most established scholars in early modern studies. Rather than using the conventional alphabetical format of the standard biographical encyclopedia, this volume is divided into categories of women. Since many women will fit in more than one category, each woman is placed in the category that best exemplifies her life, and is cross referenced in other appropriate sections. This structure makes the book an interesting read for seasoned scholars of early modern women, while students need not already be familiar with these subjects in order to benefit from the text. Another unusual feature of this reference work is that each entry begins with some incident from the woman's life that is particularly exciting or significant. Some entries are very brief while others are extensive. Each includes a source listing. The book is well illustrated and liberally sprinkled with quotations of the time either by or about the women in the text.
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, AND ENTERTAINERS Beale, Mary Cradock Beale Horenbout, Susanna Horenbout [Horenbolte] Parker Gilman Inglis, Esther Inglis Kello Jane the Fool Perwich, Susanna Perwich Teerlinc, Levina Benninck Teerlinc Thomasina 2. CRIMINALS Abbott, Elizabeth Abbott Arden, Alice Arden Barnes, Elizabeth Barnes Baynton, Mary Baynton Bridgestone, Ann Bridgestone Brigge, Mabel Brigge Bulmer, Margaret Cheyne Bulmer Caldwell, Elizabeth Caldwell Chamber, Rebecca Chamber Champion, Mary Champion Clarke, Alice Clarke Cowland, Alice Cowland Crofte, Elizabeth Crofte Davis, Alice Davis Davy, Margaret Davy [Davie] Dell, Annis Dell Downes, Katherine Stamfort Downes Drewry, Anne Drewry [Drewie, Calfield] Evans, Elizabeth Evans [Canberry Bess] Ferneseede, Margaret Ferneseede Ferrers, Katherine Ferrers Fanshawe Francis, Katherine Francis Frith, Mary Frith [Moll Cutpurse] Greene, Anne Greene Gunter, Anne Gunter Hamton, Anne Hamton Hattersley, Jane Hattersley Hayward, Petronella Brightred Hayward Helliker, Joan Helliker Howard, Frances Howard Devereux Carr, Countess of Essex and Somerset Hungerford, Agnes Cotell Hungerford Lake, Mary Ryder Lake Osborne, Mary Osborne Page, Eulalia Glanfield Page Pendleton, Ellen Pendleton Floder Phelps, Judith Phelps Rodney, Anne Lake Cecil Rodney, Lady Ros Saunders, Anne Saunders Scambler, Martha Scambler Throckmorton, Frances Brydges Throckmorton Turner, Ann Norton Turner Vincent, Margaret Vincent Wallen, Anne Wallen<
