Preface: Women in the History of Early Modern Europe

1 Women's Lives, Life Stories, and History in the Early Modern Period

2 The Stages of a Woman's Life: The Course of Life and Life Stories

3 Marriage: Keeping House and Making a Living

4 Work and Life Become Family-Based

5 Professionalization, Experience, and Common Sense

6 "The Lord Have Mercy on All Pregnant Women": The Female Body as Destiny?

7 "Single and Unattached": Maids and Widows

8 "Evil" Women: Sorceresses and Witches

9 Gynarchy--Women in Charge

10 Women's Courage: Pious Women, Rebellious Women

11 Women's Rights, Civic Rights, Human Rights: Emancipation and Coming of Age in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution?

12 "He Is the Sun, She Is the Moon"

Notes

References

Index