1. AMANDA FLATHER IS A LECTURER IN HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX. HER FIRST BOOK, GENDER AND SPACE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND, PUBLISHED IN 2007, EXPLORES THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON THE USE AND ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE. SHE WAS AWARDED THE JOHN NICHOLS PRIZE IN ENGLISH LOCAL HISTORY IN 1998, AND HAS WRITTEN ON THE ORGANIZATION OF SACRED SPACE AND THE MARKETPLACE.