Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times, Vol. I
CHAPTER V.
EVERY-DAY LIFE IN THE STUART PERIOD.
Puritan influence--Neglect of women’s education--The boarding-out system for girls--Sir Matthew Hale on the education of girls--Manners and customs--Diversions of great ladies--Rules for behaviour--John Evelyn on manners-- Effects of the Civil War--Simplicity of home life--Lady Anne Halkett--Position of wives--A contemporary writer on husbands 173