Reviews"A major effort at synthesis...Ms. Hufton has a keen eye for the extraordinary interest in ordinary detail."--New York Times Book Review From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Decimal305.4/094
SynopsisAlready 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 brilliantly learned study begins, in this first of two volumes, with a wide ranging exploration of women's fate in Western Europe from medieval times to the early modern age. of illustrations.