Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The Changing Role of Women in the Seventeenth Century 2. The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: a Marxist Perspective on the Changing Role of Women. The feudal family. The transition to capitalism. A Marxist analysis: two classes. Two classes of women 3. The Transition from Catholicism to Protestantism, a Transformation in Patriarchal Ideology. A Feminist Perspective on the Changing Role of Women: Catholicism, women and the family. The Protestant world-view. The 'little church'. The implications for women: a win, a loss, or a draw? The feminist analysis: a proper marriage. A proper wife 4. An Examination of the Marxist and Feminist Theories. The debate. The historical test. Bibliography. Index.
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Eisenstein et al. (1979) studied this question.