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Catechisms Written for Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Children, 1575-1750 - Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Three, Volume 2 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Catechisms Written for Mothers, Schoolmistresses and Children, 1575-1750 - Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III, Part Three, Volume 2 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works Series III, Part Three
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As works designed for mothers to instruct their children within the
home, early modern mother-directed catechisms, like traditional
catechisms, use the question-and-answer format to present the basic
tenets of the Protestant faith. But such catechisms differ from
traditional ones in how they represent the mother-child
relationship. Because catechisms discuss fine questions of
theology, and because they present a non-contentious image of
maternal authority, many literary critics and cultural historians
have failed to explore their cultural significance, focusing
instead upon secular, dramatic representations of motherhood in
early modern plays and pamphlet accounts of murderous mothers. This
collection demonstrates that these catechisms provide valuable
insight into constructions of early modern maternity, and more
broadly, into the degree of power and authority accorded to women
in the early modern Protestant family. It includes nearly all of
the extant catechisms the editor was able to locate which were
designed expressly for mothers and published between 1550 and 1750.
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