Already hailed by English critics as "one of the most important works of history to be published since the Second World War, " Olwen Hufton's fascinating and br

This book is the first history of women to integrate the history of women into general history. In it, Hufton, a distinguished historian and award-winning autho

History of women in western Europe during the years 1500 to 1800, discussing what females of various stations could expect at every stage of life from the time

This monumental new book decisively enlarges our understanding of the history of women. Hufton leads readers from poorhouse to palazzo, from cradle to grave, il