Never Married More and the Roman family and

and the Roman family and gender roles

democratic fabric in ways that are yet to be fully acknowledged by scholars and practitioners of democratic reform

approaches and issues including: The invention of politics and the rise of democracy The central role played by the Greek city The insights gleaned from cultural

and new directions of this emergent area

tower-like chapels for private worship and burial

Never Married More and the Roman family andNever Married: Singlewomen in Early Modern England investigates a paradox in the history of early modern England: although one third of adult women were never married, these women have remained largely absent from historical scholarship. Amy Froide reintroduces us to the category of difference called marital status and to the significant ways it shaped the life experiences of early modern women. By de centring marriage as the norm in social, economic,