Tag: 17th century
Sara Sheridan interrogates the taboo of female toplessness, tracing changing attitudes throughout the centuries & locating the body as a site for protest.
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Karin Kukkonen draws threads through literature and history to connect Astrea, the virgin-goddess of antiquity, with the capacity to re-imagine contemporary ideas–such as the possibility of a female James Bond.
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Bridget Fraser recounts the dangerous life of her ancestress Lucy Walter, first wife to 17th century king, Charles II of England.
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Remembering history’s midwives
Poppy O’Neill’s short story reminds us of the erased knowledge and expertise of historical midwives.
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Bridle/Bridal Mismanagement in Early Modern Drama
Through the lens of seventeenth century horsemanship, Jemima Hubberstey explores the subversive potential for a dangerous woman, like a spirited horse, to resist and destabilise the patriarchal order.
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The Women of the Pendle Witch Trials
Writer Sarah King looks at the relationship between sexuality and witchcraft in the infamous 17th century trials of the ‘Pendle witches’.
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