We know very little about spinsters in earlier times, for the stigma attached to the unmarried state often rendered these women almost invisible. Now a fascinating book opens a window into the lives of British spinsters in the mid-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, assessing the opportunities open to them and the restrictions placed upon them within different social classes, occupations, and periods. Bridget Hill examines how often spinsters were able to earn enough money to live independently, what provision the Poor Law made for them if they did not, whether extreme poverty led to their involvement in crime or prostitution, and, if they stayed in the parental home, what kind of lives they led. She looks at the part single women played in religious organisations and the role of friendship and letter-writing in their daily lives. She describes the nature of close relationships between women, some lesbian but many others not. Exploring the spinsters' possibilities of escape from restrictive lives, particularly by emigration or crossdressing, she discusses how successful these were. She provides details about the degree of surveillance single women suffered from the authorities

Familiebedrijfsboek over een maritiem expertisebureau met tekst in Engels en Nederlands.

Kroniek met zwart-wit foto's.

Platenboek met kleurrijke foto's.

From the frescoes of Pompei to the disciplinarians of the naval cultures of the last century, from medieval religious zealots to the New York lesbian scene today - flagellation has been widespread throughout western civilization. This book reveals the history, origins and forms of flagellation.

This work concentrates on the rich architectural heritage of both early and late medieval Ireland, preceded by an introduction on the groundwork laid by the Celts. The legacy of this period - manuscripts and metalwork, churches and great stone crosses, family tower houses and feudal castles have all been photographed by O'Brien and documented by Harbison for this book. Maps, charts and timelines afford the reader greater understanding of the complex world of medieval Ireland.

Fotoboek met kleurenfoto's van Bedi.

Met z-w tekeningen en 8 kleurenplaten.

Publicatie over Mahayana iconografie met z-w tekeningen en kleurenill.

Verslag in woord en beeld (kleur) van 2 reizen door de auteur en fotograaf gemaakt naar het Amazonegebied en de daar woonachtige indianenstammen.

Verschenen als deel 8 van de 'Bibliotheca Himalayica Series III', met kleurenfoto's.

First history of Russian futurism (poets and artists) in any language.

Kleurrijke foto's van een kleurrijk eiland.

Promotieboek met sfeervolle foto's van het eiland.

De bouw- en bewoningsgeschiedenis, de bouwheer, de bouwmeester, de tuinaanleg en de restauratie van het slot.

Set of two volumes documenting in tipped-in color and b/w plates the IV. Olympic Wintergames and the XI. Olympic Games in nazi Germany (swastika's everywhere); included is a colourmap of the Berlin area with locations of the Olympiad.

Annotated translation in Spanish of the diary Lodewijck Huygens kept of his trip to Spain; with 75 b/w and colour ill.

Published as volume 179 in the series 'Brill's Studies in Intellectual History'. An analysis of letters, orations and disputations reveals that while religious, philosophical and scientific disputes rocked contemporary Dutch learned society, a traditional Aristotelian humanism thrived at the Athenaeum until well in the seventeenth century.

Published as volume 43 in 'Brill's Series in Church History' this study analyzes the development of the profession of pastor in the course of the nineteenth century, focusing on the changing relationships with the state, the universities, other porfessions, and their own congregants.

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