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Gender, Society and Culture, 1500–1800 - Gender, Sex and Subordination in England, 1500–1800. By Anthony Fletcher. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1995. Pp. xxii+442. $40.00. - Anxious Masculinity in Early Modern England. By Mark Breitenberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. x+225. $49.95. - Gender in Mystical and Occult Thought: Behmenism and Its Development in England. By B. J. Gibbons. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xi+247. $59.95. - Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I. By Susan Doran. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp. xii+279. $40.00.
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Gender, Sex and Subordination in England, 1500–1800. By Anthony Fletcher. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1995. Pp. xxii+442. $40.00.
Anxious Masculinity in Early Modern England. By Mark Breitenberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. x+225. $49.95.
Gender in Mystical and Occult Thought: Behmenism and Its Development in England. By B. J. Gibbons. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xi+247. $59.95.
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