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This collection of essays examines women's involvement in politics in early modern England, as writers, as members of kinship and patronage networks, and as petitioners, intermediaries and patrons. It challenges conventional conceptualizations of female power and influence, defining 'politics' broadly in order to incorporate women excluded from formal, male-dominated state institutions. The chapters embrace a range of interdisciplinary approaches: historical, literary, palaeographic, linguistic and gender based. They deal with a variety of issues related to female intervention within political spheres, including women's rhetorical, persuasive and communicative skills; the production by women of a range of texts that can be termed 'political'; the politicization of marital, family and kinship networks; and female involvement in patronage and court politics. It also looks at ways in which images of female power and authority were represented in canonical texts, such as Shakespeare's plays and Milton's epic poetry.

Women in politics --- Women --- History. --- History --- Political activity --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Political activity&delete& --- נשים --- النساء --- היסטוריה --- פעילות פוליטית --- نشاط سياسيّ --- בריטניה --- بريطانيا العظمى --- פוליטיקה וממשל --- السياسة والحكم --- نشاط سياسي