City women
Subtitle: money, sex, and the social order in early modern London
By: Eleanor Hubbard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780199609345
Subjects: Social conditions; Sources; Women
Description: 'City Women' is a major new study of the lives of ordinary women in early modern London. By using court testimonies written down by clerks, it tells the stories of these mostly illiterate women in their own words and explores their dogged struggles for survival and advancement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-287) and index.