Not in God's Image
Women in History from the Greeks to the Victorians
O'Faolain, Julia; Martines, Lauro Publisher: Harper Torchbook, New York, USA
Year Published: 1973
Pages: 362pp
Resource Type: Book
Extracts from writings by or about women, from Ancient Greece to the mid-19th century.
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Table of Contents
Note to the Reader
Foreword
Part I: Greece
1. The Pre-classical Period
2. Sparta
3. Athens
4. Hellenistic Greece
Part II: Rome
1. Patriarchal Rome
2. An Early Protest Movement
3. Guardianship
4. Marriage and the Family
5. Property and Legal Rights
6. Women and Social Class
7. Education and Religion
Part III: Byzantium
Part IV: The Early Hebrews
Part V: The Early Middle Ages
Part VI: Islam
Part VII: Biological and Medical Views
Part VIII: The Later Middle Ages
1. The Christian Context
2. Virginity
3. The View of the Law
4. Working Women
5. Conduct and Misconduct
6. Punishment
Part IX: The Renaissance and Reformation
1. The Dispute About Women
2. The Merchant's Wife
3. The Court Lady
4. Protestants
5. Witches
Part X: The Early Modern Period
1. The Law Again
2. Diaries and Letters
3. Education
4. Rural Women
5. The Protestant Promotion of Women
6. The Surplus Daughter
7. Salons
Part XI: From the Era of Revolution to the 1850s
1. Germany: Philosophers Speak of Women
2. Prostitutes
3. Feminists and Socialism in France
4. Feme v Baron: Marriage Reform in England
Notes
Bibliography
Indices
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