ISBN:
9780191555084
,
0191555088
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (vi, 398 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in social history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Capp, B.S When gossips meet
DDC:
305.4209420903
Keywords:
Women History
;
Renaissance, 1450-1600
;
England
;
Families 16th century
;
England
;
Women Social conditions
;
History
;
16th century
;
Families 16th century
;
Women Social conditions 16th century
;
History
;
Women History Renaissance, 1450-1600
;
Families
;
Social conditions
;
Women ; Renaissance
;
Women ; Social conditions
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
;
History
;
England Social conditions
;
16th century
;
England
;
England Social conditions 16th century
;
England
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Aimed at social and cultural historians, this is an exploration of how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early Modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture. It focuses on the networks of close friends ('gossips') which gave them a social identity beyond the narrowly domestic
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-385) and index. - Description based on print version record
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