Includes scholarship on five writers active in the first half of the sixteenth century: Margaret More Roper, Katherine Parr, Anne Askew, Mildred Cooke Cecil and Anne Cooke Bacon. This volume provides insights into the religious, social, economic and political contexts essential for understanding these writers' texts. 'Beilin can be commended for bringing together a series of essays that demonstrate the complex social negotiations behind the writings produced by early modern women.' Gender and History