Barbara
This blog will focus on how the lives of women living in the British American colonies on the Atlantic coast changed over the 17th century. I will try to use first-hand accounts whenever possible; so that the reader can compare & contrast those changes over time. ...
Images & essays cluster around some chronological, social, cultural, or academic theme. I try to choose images that justify their inclusion on aesthetic grounds. I do not offer complete image credit lines or footnotes, as my goal is to entice blog visitors to begin researching for themselves.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
17C Portrait Fashion/Clothing/Dress/Costumes Print Europeans Primary Sources New England 1600s British & European Art In Their Own Words Primary Source Religion Government Virginia 1600s Law Fashion Persecution A Hollar Hair and Hats Motives for Sailing to America
Declaring All Men & Women in Spanish Americas Catholic - Alexander IV Papal Bull 1493
7 February 2023
The Papal bull Inter Caetera Alexander VI May 4 1493Alexander VI Alexander, bishop, servant of the servants of God, to the illustrious sovereigns, our very dear son in Christ, Ferdinand,...
The Role of Women in Colonizing The Americas - Privileges & Prerogatives for Columbus April 30 149
7 February 2023
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile married in 1469 and ten years later became joint sovereigns of a confederation of kingdoms that laid the basis for modern Spain.Privileges...
17C Hanging a Few of those Evil Female Witches of New England
12 January 2020
In 1692, a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts were accused of witchcraft, & 20 were eventually executed as witches; but contrary to popular belief, none...
Pilgrim Mary Brewster (c1569-1627) arrived on The Mayflower
10 January 2020
Mary Brewster (c 1569-1627) was a Pilgrim & one of the women on the Mayflower. She was the wife of Elder William Brewster.Mary Brewster & her husband William married in...