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Women in the Middle Ages by Frances and Joseph Gies The Gieses' lively text, illuminated by illustrations from medieval manuscripts, art, and architecture, depicts the Middle Ages as a vibrant time of transition in which women, with their shifting roles, were powerful agents of change. The seven women studied represent different classes, countries, and centuries. Softbound, 264 pages, $13.00 |
 Unbridled Spirits: Women of the English Revolution: 1640-1660by Stevie Davies This is a vibrant, gripping, impressive and authoritative study of the women of the 17th century: women whose voices have been lost until now. Forgotten texts have been resurrected, bringing to life prophetesses who predicted the fall of the king, and the rise and fall of Cromwell: peace women who marched against the Civil War: leveler women who founded dissenting churches and spoke for liberty of conscience: and radical Quakers who stood for gender and class equality. in scorching prose, the author plunges us straight into the incredible drama of 17th century England and the political turmoil of a country turned upside down by the execution of its monarch. She provides a searing document of women's lives during one of our most turbulent and transformative periods of history. Softbound, 356 pages, $17.95 |
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Handbook of Thimbles and Sewing Implements by Estelle Zalkins  Use this fact-filled, liberally illustrated handbook to find valuable information and values on collectible sewing implements, from needlework tools to pincushions, clamps, workboxes, scissors, and more. There is a wealth of information on sources for further research, as well as how to spot reproductions, how to catalog and display a collection, and ferret out some great finds. Extremely well illustrated in color and b&w. Softbound, 304 pages, $24.95
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The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantry by Roy Strong  A learned and beautifully produced book, fascinating, and lavishly illustrated, the fruit of nearly 20 years of research, the author fuses history, politics, religion, literature, and the visual arts into a unique revelation of what actually constituted the Elizabethan image. No other woman in history has been of such compulsive interest as Elizabeth Tudor. While the rest of 16th century Europe was subject to the bloodshed of religious war, Tudor peace brought England its great flowering of the arts. Central to that flowering was the enigmatic legend of the Queen herself, a myth deliberately created and sustained over four decades by public spectacle and courtly chivalry, the arts moving in concert in homage to an earthly
deity. Softbound, 227 pages, $19.95
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