A Hammer in Her Hand: The Separation of Church from State and the Early Feminist Writings of Katherine Chidley

Gillespie, Katharine

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Women Writing the English Republic, 1625–1681

Gillespie¹

2017

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Scholars have fiercely debated the causes of the English Civil Wars and the rise of anti-monarchical and republican thought a century before the American Revolution. This ambitious and highly original book is the first to argue that women played a significant role in formulating and enacting English republican precepts. Even as feminists contend that republicanism's division of the private from the public sphere excluded women from political power, Gillespie demonstrates how seventeenth-century Englishwomen articulated republicanism's key insight: meaningful action, political or otherwise, does and should take place outside the purview of government, in spheres that not only include women, but that women helped construct. Drawing on the works of six women writers of the period, the book examines their writings and explores the key themes and concepts that they build upon.

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Women Writing the English Republic, 1625–1681

Gillespie¹

2017

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Women Writing the English Republic, 1625–1681

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A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1700–1800

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2014

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During the eighteenth century, elite women participated in the philosophical, scientific, and political controversies that resulted in the overthrow of monarchy, the reconceptualisation of marriage, and the emergence of modern, democratic institutions. In this comprehensive study, Karen Green outlines and discusses the ideas and arguments of these women, exploring the development of their distinctive and contrasting political positions, and their engagement with the works of political thinkers such as Hobbes, Locke, Mandeville and Rousseau. Her exploration ranges across Europe from England through France, Italy, Germany and Russia, and discusses thinkers including Mary Astell, Emilie Du Châtelet, Luise Kulmus-Gottsched and Elisabetta Caminer Turra. This study demonstrates the depth of women's contributions to eighteenth-century political debates, recovering their historical significance and deepening our understanding of this period in intellectual history. It will provide an essential resource for readers in political philosophy, political theory, intellectual history, and women's studies.

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A Hammer in Her Hand: The Separation of Church from State and the Early Feminist Writings of Katherine Chidley

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Women Writing the English Republic, 1625–1681

Women Writing the English Republic, 1625–1681

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A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1700–1800

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