Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll, 2003. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: the birth of a genre -- Education and the early modern mother -- Generating maternal authority -- Early modern sons and daughters -- Religion and reform, 1603-1623 -- Obedience and toleration, 1630-1676 -- Deathbed legacies -- Conclusion: gender, genre, and legacy.
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