The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc by Suzannah Lipscomb

The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc

Suzannah Lipscomb

400 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history reference challenging informative slow-paced
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The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc by Suzannah Lipscomb is a compelling read for anyone fascinated by the untold stories of women's lives in the past, particularly those interested in history, sociology, and feminist studies, as it offers a groundbreaking exploration of the agency, power, and experiences of ordinary women in 16th- and 17th-century France.

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Most of the women who ever lived left no trace of their existence on the record of history. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century women of the middling and lower levels of society left no letters or diaries in which they expressed what they felt or t...

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