Organized into four sections of Courtly Worlds, Religious Experience, Civic Worlds, and Literature and Gender, this collection provides a contemporary map that helps in understanding the past. It includes essays that reflect the trend towards integrating the historical experience of women and men, and focuses on areas of contemporary interest. 'This is a very clear introduction to the concept of gender, which could be usefully recommended to all undergraduates studying early modern England.' Cordelia Beattie, European History Quarterly