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Construction of Womanhood in the Early Modern Period
 SLABOVÁ, Ilona
The thesis ?Construction of Womanhood in the Early Modern Period? may be understood as a particular contribution to the exploration of gender roles in the early modern history society. The source basis of this exploration consists of moralizing writings from 16th and 17th century. These writings are focused on the woman and her social position or on the matrimony. In the first case, their content can be approached as a ?guide? of a sinful woman to the right way or as a glorification of woman gender. In the second case, the matrimony writings try to elevate this bond upon virginity and they introduce the duties of the married couple. Concrete opinions on women originated from the medieval tradition. The woman was still seen as faint and weak. This was the reason why the man had to supervise her and control her, and therefore, he had to have absolute authority. Her place was inside the family where she had children and housekeeping to care for. On the other side, the importance of marriage as such had begun to grow in importance compared to virginity because it was more useful for a society. With the ascent of matrimony, the position of a woman as its part improved as well. The goal of this thesis is to explore how the womanhood is constructed in these writings and to uncover basal intellectual stereotypes regarding women in this period. Quoted moralizing writings are formally analyzed and subsequently compared in the first part of the thesis. Other parts are focused directly on a woman and on the reconstruction of her contemporary ideal image and its counterpart.
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Partner relationship in early modern history in the light of Books of Witness
 SLABOVÁ, Ilona
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