The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women

by Amy Licence

Book Overview

This retelling of the sixteenth century introduces the reader to a gallery of amazing women, from queens to commoners, who navigated the patriarchal world in memorable and life-changing ways. Amy Licence has scoured the records from Europe and beyond to compile this testament to female lives and achievements, telling the stories of mistresses and martyrs, witches and muses, pirates and jesters, doctors and astronomers, escapees and murderesses, colonists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399083864
• ISBN13: 9781399083867
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 272 Pages