Gender history

Mae'r cynnwys hwn ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig.

Taming Shrew — Conduct advice from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, 1698.

From ballads, lawsuits, fiction, and works on anatomy, this guide introduces a wide range of sources from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, useful for understanding history from a gendered perspective.

Ballads

Ballads

Ballads were cheaply-sold verses or songs providing news and entertainment. Themes include love, fashion, adultery, seduction, murder and infanticide.

Biographies, memoirs and diaries

Biographies, memoirs and diaries

Biographical works and memoirs offer an insight into perceptions of gender and its role in society over time.

Llenyddiaeth plant

Llenyddiaeth plant

Llyfrau a chomics o'r 19eg-20fed ganrif.

Conduct and advice literature

Conduct and advice literature

Manuals for both men and women from the 17th to 19th centuries, on themes such as friendship, love, marriage, manners and morals.

Correspondence

Correspondence

Published letters dealing with love, marriage, relationships, and the role of men and women in society, from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Cronfeydd data

Cronfeydd data

Adnoddau ar-lein sy'n cynnwys ffynonellau cynradd o'r 12fed-20fed ganrif.

Dream and vision literature

Dream and vision literature

These works often reflects conceptions of male and female characteristics and contemporary ideas regarding men and women’s roles.

Hanes y Brifysgol

Hanes y Brifysgol

Papurau am hanes myfyrwyr benywaidd ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, 19eg-20fed ganrif.

Ffasiwn

Ffasiwn

Cylchgronau, cyfnodolion a baledi ar ffasiwn a gwisgoedd o'r 18fed-19eg ganrif

Fiction and folklore

Fiction and folklore

Fictional works and folklore dealing with romance, love and sex, from the 16th to early 20th century.

Legal works and lawsuits

Legal works and lawsuits

Accounts of trials and proceedings relating to the legal aspects of marriage, prenuptials and divorce, from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Medical and anatomical works

Medical and anatomical works

Visual as well as contemporary medical understandings of the male and female body, and matters of health.

Cerddoriaeth

Cerddoriaeth

Sgorau a phapurau cerddoriaeth gan gerddorion benywaidd, 18fed-20fed ganrif.

Plays and comedies

Plays and comedies

A selection of dramas concerning adultery, marriage, women, men, relationships, and cuckoldry, from 16th to 19th centuries.

Poetry and songs

Poetry and songs

Collections of songs and poetry covering gender-related themes, from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Religious works and sermons

Religious works and sermons

Didactic works on family and domestic life, marital duties, immorality, adultery, sin and seduction from 17th to early 20th centuries.