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Women Reading and Writing the Bible
by Hannibal Hamlin

Both Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England (Kate Narveson) and Women & the Bible in Early Modern England (Femke Molekamp) argue that there was a good deal of reading, and a surprising amount of writing, going on outside the classroom, practiced by those without access to schooling, including especially women. Read more …

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Hannibal Hamlin, "Women Reading and Writing the Bible," Spenser Review (Winter 2015). Accessed April 26th, 2025.
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