Conduct Literature for Women, 1500-1640

Abstract

Volume 1 Richard Hyrde Preface to Margaret Roper's translation of Erasmus (1524) Vives, Instruction of a Christen Woman (1541) plus Hyrde, Preface from 1529 edition Vives, Office and Duty of an Husband (1550) Volume 2 Bullinger, Book of Christen Matrimony (1540) plus Becon foreword (1541) Thomas Elyot, Defence of Good Women (1545) Thomas Becon, Catechisme(1565) Volume 3 Philip Stubbes, Christal Glasse for Christian Women (1591) John Dod and Richard Cleaver, Godly Form of Household Governement (1598) Volume 4 Robert Greene, Penelope's Web (1587) Nicholas Breton, In Praise of Vertuous Ladies (1597) Robert Snawsel, Looking Glass for maryed Folkes(1610) Barnabe Rich Ladies' Looking Glass (1616) Barnabe Rich, Excellency of Good Women Patrick Hannay 'A happy Husband' (1618) Volume 5 Thomas Salter, Mirrhor of Modestie (1579) William Gouge Domesticall Duties (1622) William Whateley Bride-Bush (1623) (extracts) Elizabeth Joceline, Mother's Legacy Volume 6 M R, Mother's Counsell, or Live within Compass (1631) Nicholas Caussin, The Holy Court (1631) Richard Braithwait, The English Gentlewoman and other pieces (1631) Humfrey Crouch, 'Kinde Husbande's Advice to his Wife' (1637)