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Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe, by Merry E. Wiesner (Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 2000; pp. 325. 35 [pounds sterling]; pb. 12.95 [pounds sterling]).
The publication of a second edition of Merry Wiesner's Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe will ensure that this work remains a key text for all students of early modern social history. Updated and expanded since 1993, it provides an admirably clear and concise introduction to the field, investigating all aspects of women's lives between 1500 and 1750. Recognizing that male intellectual structures and institutions played a crucial role in determining women's experiences, Wiesner dedicates her first chapter to a …