Catechisms and Women's Writing in Seventeenth-Century England

Catechisms and Women''s Writing in Seventeenth-Century England is a study of early modern women''s literary use of catechizing. Paula McQuade examines original works composed by women - both in manuscript and print, as well as women''s copying and redacting of catechisms - and construction of these materials from other sources. By studying female catechists, McQuade shows how early modern women us...