Po mneniyu avtora knigi, istoriya russkoj zhenschiny ne tol"ko popolnyaet russkuyu istoriyu voobsche, no i uyasnyaet eyo bol"she, chem vsya summa prochih istoricheskih materialov. Kakov harakter i napravlenie istoricheskoj epohi, takoj yavlyaetsya i zhenschina edva li ne isklyuchitel"nee, chem muzhchina. Trud D. Mordovtseva sostoit iz tryoh chastej - soobrazno  tryom zametno drug ot druga otlichayuschimsya istoricheskim epoham. Eto pervye pyat"desyat let ot nachala petrovskih reform i okonchatel"nogo vvedeniya Rossii v obschij stroj evropejskih derzhav do vozrozhdeniya nachal soznaniya russkogo natsional"nogo chuvstva; vtorye pyat"desyat let - epoha razvitiya etogo chuvstva - do kontsa vosemnadtsatogo stoletiya; devyatnadtsatoe stoletie. Nastoyaschaya kniga  posvyaschena zhenschine pervoj poloviny vosemnadtsatogo veka. Chitatel" uvidit, kak russkaya zhenschina, "rvanuvshis" iz terema v shiroko raskrytuyu Petrom dver" i nadev nemetskoe plat"e vmesto sarafana i telogrei, chtoby blistat" v assamblee i pri dvore, nadelala nemalo oshibok i sama nemalo postradala, poka ne ponyala neskol"ko otchyotlivee svoego zhenskogo prizvaniya". - Kniga vklyuchaet devyatnadtsat" biografij. This book, "Russkie zhenschiny Novogo vremeni. Biograficheskie ocherki iz russkoj istorii. Zhenschiny pervoj poloviny XVIII veka", by Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev, is a replication of a book originally published before 1874. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.