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Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman, 1622, Frontispiece Publications addressing skills and duties of housewives and privileged gentlewomen had been widespread in England since the late sixteenth century. They date far earlier than Henry Peacham's Compleat Gentleman which seems to have been devised as a counterpart to the guides for women, discussing appropriate education and interests for a male elite. John Partridge, The Treasurie of Hidden Secrets, 1600, Frontispiece The earliest p...

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