3. Writing for Women at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century: Hugh Platt’s Delightes for Ladies

This article analyses the books of secrets and recipes written for women in the early modern period, taking as a case study Hugh Platt’s Delightes for Ladies. By comparing this book with the more famous The Jewell House of Art and Nature composed by the same author for a general audience, several co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doina-Cristina Rusu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas
Online Access:http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/990