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Women of Fortune
Women of Fortune tells the compelling story of mercantile wealth, arranged marriages, and merchant heiresses who asserted their rights despite loss, imprisonment, and murder. …
Women in Exile in Early Modern Europe and the Americas
Exile, its pain and possibility, is the starting point of this book. Women’s experience of exile was often different from that of men, yet it has not received the important …
Northampton
First published in 1982, Northampton is a modern study of Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, privy councillor to James I. Dr. Peck convincingly challenges the traditional eminence …
Reading-to-Write
This book examines the process of reading (when one's purpose is to create a text of one's own) and writing (which includes a response to the work of others). This is a central …
Flowered Words of Hope
Flowered Words of hope is a striking collection of charming watercolors each paired with a quote to inspire hope. It is the author's sincere wish that the reader will be calmed and …
Court Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart England
This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War. The author tackles questions about the …
Consuming Splendor
A fascinating study of the ways in which the consumption of luxury goods transformed social practices, gender roles, royal policies, and the economy in seventeenth-century England. …