Wiesner, Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe, 288-311; Roper, Witch Craze, 1-12.
Wiesner, Chapter 8
Identify: John Knox, The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women; lettres de cachet, Mary Astell
1. What enhanced men's power and authority in early modern Europe?
2. How did women participate in political activities?
3. In what ways did marriage disempower women? What political philosophies were to hand that could assist empowerment for women?
4. How was political power gendered in the minds and discourse of early modern people?
5. How did women threaten the social order?
Roper, Witch Craze, 1-12
6. What approaches to witchcraft does Roper dismiss? Why?
7. What will be the focus of her book?
8. What puzzles Roper about witchcraft?
9. What is Roper's main argument?
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