Women, Work and Sociability in Early Modern London [electronic resource] /
Reinke-Williams, T.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Motherhood; 2 Housewifery; 3 Domestic Management; 4 Retailing; 5 Sociability; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Sociology.
Great Britain-History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Gender Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Social History.