Women, Work and Sociability in Early Modern London
Nonfiction, History, British, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | T. Reinke-Williams | ISBN: | 9781137372109 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | T. Reinke-Williams |
| ISBN: | 9781137372109 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
