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Gender and County: The 1641 Depositions of

women in Co. Meath

Overview

Objective Why Co. Meath?Why women in Co. Meath?Research Methods:

Quantitative Findings Qualitative Finding

Objective

To present Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Depositions of women in Co. Meath

The Depositions in Co. Meath

The Depositions in Co. Meath

Depositions given by women in Co. Meath

What do they tell us?

Conclusions

Close reading = insightLooking at metadata= patterns Access to digitised material (and online

search tools)Volume of material involved precludes further

close readingInteresting and worthy case study

So finally…

Any Questions?

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