Why were the lives of ordinary 16th and 17th century women largely undocumented? | Suzannah Lipscomb

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Suzannah Lipscomb explains why early modern women’s lives were not well documented and why Languedoc France is a treasure trove of information.

Suzannah Lipscomb is Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Roehampton and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She received her DPhil in History from Balliol College, Oxford, and was formerly Research Curator at Hampton Court Palace, Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia, and Head of the Faculty of History and Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the New College of the Humanities. She is the author of four other books about the sixteenth century, and has presented historical documentaries on the BBC, ITV, and Channel Five.

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Most people that have ever lived leave little significant documentation regarding their lives