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    • 25 April 2021 at 3:17 am EDT #44541

      Nora Rodriguez-Loro
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      Local History Hour: ‘Women’s Lives in Early Modern Documents’

      29th April 2021, 7pm 

      April’s Local History Hour online talk will be brought to you with Dr Sarah-Jayne Ainsworth and Dr Imogene Dudley presenting on their respective research into 16th and 17th century women’s lives using sources including wills and account books. Early modern women’s lives can be quite elusive. Whilst some notable examples are known from their autobiographies, biographies or literary works or from the lives of their men, ‘ordinary’ women are often absent from the narrative. However, looking at everyday documents such as letters, account books and wills can reveal a surprising amount about the lives of women from all ranks and locations. This talk will focus on the lives of two women from opposite ends of the social scale and will demonstrate how looking at seemingly functional documents can illuminate them and bring them to life.

      https://www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-balh-local-history-hour-women-s-lives-in-early-modern-documents-2021-04-29

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