Product Description

This work encourages students of social history at all levels to engage with source materials. The theme of the book is the human life-cycle, and it features: a stage by stage account of life cycles in England from birth through childhood, youth and marriage to old age and death; a collection of primary sources, including documents of the period, together with an accompanying commentary, which will stimulate discussion and further reading; and a collection of photographs of images and artefacts from the period.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #485035 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 324 pages

Review
"Mary Abbott's "Life Cycles in England is an excellent introduction to the social history of Early Modern England. It will appeal to the general reader as well as to students of History, Women's Studies and English Literature. The human life cycle provides the starting point for a wide ranging survey of contemporary experience and recent research. Readers will find the judicious selection of documents and visual images from the period particularly valuable in stimulating discussion and further reading."
-Jacqueline Eales, Senior Lecturer in History, Christ Church College, Canterbury