The Paradise of women: writings by Englishwomen of the Renaissance

Writings conforming to the Renaissance standard. Religious compositions. Religious poetry and poetry of mourning

Prose prayers, meditations, confessions, and professions of faith

Familial and personal writings. Mothers writing on motherhood

Letters and diaries

Secular writings. Writings on society

Imaginative literature

Prefaces

Writings by exceptional figures. Anne (Askew) Kyme (1521-1546)

Mary Stuart (1542-1587)

Elizabeth (Tanfield) Cary (1585-1639).