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When gossips meet : women, family, and neighbourhood in early modern England / Bernard Capp.
Van Pelt Library HQ1149.G7 C37 2003
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) HQ1149.G7 C37 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Capp, B. S.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in social history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--England--History--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- Women.
- Women--Social conditions.
- History.
- Families.
- England.
- Families--England--History--16th century.
- Women--Social conditions--History--16th century.
- England--Social conditions--16th century.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 398 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- This book explores how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early modern England sought to make the best of their lives in a society that excluded or marginalized them in almost every sphere. It argues that networks of close friends ('gossips') provided invaluable moral and practical support, helping them to shape their own lives and to play an active role in the affairs of the local community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-385) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199255989
- OCLC:
- 51272232
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