Reinke-Williams Women, Work and Sociability in Early Modern London

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-37210-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 225 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Genders and Sexualities in History

Drawing on legal and literary sources, this work revises and expands understandings of female honesty, worth and credit by exploring how women from the middling and lower ranks of society fashioned positive identities as mothers, housewives, domestic managers, retailers and neighbours between 1550 and 1700.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reinke-Williams, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Motherhood 2. Housewifery 3. Domestic Management 4. Retailing 5. Sociability Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Reinke-Williams is Lecturer in History at the University of Northampton, UK. His research focuses on how ideas and practices of gender shaped the mentalities and experiences of women and men in early modern England. His publications include articles in the journals Gender and History and Continuity and Change.