History of Women in the West

Informed by the work of seventy-five distinguished historians, this five-volume series sets before us an engaging, panoramic chronicle that extends from antiquity to the present day

Drawing on myriad sources--from the faint traces left by the rocking cradle at the site of an early medieval home to an antique illustration of Eve’s fall from grace--this second volume in the celebrated series offers new perspectives on women of the past. Twelve renowned historians from many countries examine the image of women in the masculine mind, their social condition, and their daily experience from the demise of the Roman Empire to the genesis of the Italian Renaissance.

This book draws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, considering them in the contexts of work, marriage, and family.

The fourth volume in this world-acclaimed series covers the distance between the French Revolution and World War I. It gives us a vibrant picture of a bourgeois century, dynamic and expansive, in which the role of woman in the home was stressed more and more, even as the economic pressures and opportunities of the industrial revolution drew her out of the house.

This fifth volume in the world-acclaimed series brings the history of women up to the present, placing it in the context of momentous events and profound social changes that have marked our time.