In 1625, Lady Eleanor Davies published her first treatise, A Warning to the Dragon, initiating her c... more

In 1625 Lady Eleanor Davies’ life took a dramatic turn when, by her account in 1641, a "Heavenly voi... more

Katherine Chidley was a religious and political activist who dissented from the established church t... more

During the period 1500-1750 a general shift in gardening practice took place, from which emerged thr... more

Katherine Philips was a major seventeenth-century poet and playwright who became widely known for he... more

This volume includes the works of three Englishwomen: Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416) whose Revelati... more

The works included in this volume constitute Delarivier Manley s early oeuvre, written in the sevent... more

This first volume of "Legal Treatises" reproduces The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights (1632), the... more

Born Alice Clarke, the daughter of Oxford university s first director of printing , Alicia D Anvers... more

This facsimile edition features the intimately related writings of a mother, Lady Frances Norton (16... more

An Epitome of the History of Faire Argenis and Polyarchus is Judith Man s English translation of a 1... more

This facsimile edition reproduces the extant works of the seventeenth-century poet, Ephelia . By tr... more

Most anthologies of Renaissance writing include only (or predominantly) male writers, whereas those ... more

Recipe books are a key part of food history; they register the ideals and practices of domestic work... more

By turns witty and inane, crude and learned, scurrilous and moralistic, jestbooks offer an important... more

As voyeuristic and prurient as today s tabloid newspapers, early modern crime pamphlets and broadsid... more

Most anthologies of Renaissance writing include only (or predominantly) male writers, whereas those ... more

This new edition addresses the shifts in scholarly and critical interests in Spenser studies since 1... more

Susanna Hopton was born in 1627 to a wealthy mercantile family. By 1651 she was collaborating with h... more

Gertrude More belongs to a tradition of mystical writers who believed in the value of the via negati... more

Jane Barker (1652-1732) is increasingly being recognised as one of the most important English women ... more

As works designed for mothers to instruct their children within the home, early modern mother-direct... more

Elizabeth Cellier, the scandalous celebrity known as the "Popish midwife", became the focus of a lar... more

This volume makes available for the first time the complete surviving works of the London printer-au... more

An Collins Divine Songs and Meditacions were first printed in a small octavo volume in London in 16... more

Elizabeth Major was inspired to write Honey on the Rod (1656) as a result of lameness brought on by ... more

The Females Legacy is the only surviving work of Amey Howard about whom very little is known. While ... more

This facsimile edition reproduces the work titled Eliza s Babes which was first published in 1652. T... more

The two translators whose printed works are contained in this volume were the daughters of Henry VII... more

Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 10591133) addresses a broad range of lit... more

Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 10591133) addresses a broad range of lit... more

The declarations and ordinances made upon the rule of our holy mother S.Clare is an English translat... more

Delicious entertainments of the soule is a translation of a collection of conferences which Francis ... more

The history of the angelicall virgin glorious S.Clare (Douai 1635) is a translation by Sister Magda... more