Description
Book SynopsisFrom 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
Trade Review"The encyclopedia is truly a collaborative effort, one that feels momentous: a crystillization of the maturity of the field and the range and extent of its activity [...] In sum, the amazing diversity of women's activities and undertaking documented, in greater or lesser detail, in the Biographical Encyclopedia more than makes up for any inconveniences the volume presents. One cannot help but finish even a perusal of its contents without being struck by the rich world of different presented here. And once striken, one will surely return for more."
- Patricia Phillippy, Kingston University London, Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Table of ContentsTABLE OF 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
