Political Passions: Gender, the Family and Political Argument in England, 1680-1714

Melinda S. Zook, Rachel Weil

The American Historical Review · 2001 · 84 citations · 0 references

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Part 1 The family in political writing during the exclusion crisis: partiarchalism, politics and the family four whig political writers. Part 2 The revolution of 1688 and the politics of gender: the politics of legitimacy - and the warming pan scandal strange paradox of power - images of Mary II the politics of divorce Mary Astell - the marriage of toryism and feminism. Part 3 Women and political life in the age of Anne: queens are but women - images of Queen Anne Sarah Churchill, or virtue unrewarded conclusion.