Never married
Subtitle: singlewomen in early modern England
By: Amy M. Froide.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Single women -- England -- History -- 16th century; Single women -- England -- History -- 17th century; Single women -- England -- History -- 18th century; Single women -- England -- Social conditions -- 16th century; Single women -- England -- Social conditions -- 17th century; Single women -- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Single women -- England -- Economic conditions -- 16th century; Single women -- England -- Economic conditions -- 17th century; Single women -- England -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
Description: A book of original research on the women who never married in early modern England, this text looks at how singlewomen's lives differed from those of wives and widows, at the social relationships of women without husbands, and at how these women supported themselves.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-242)  and index.