Ale, beer and brewsters in England : women's work in a changing world, 1300-1600 / Judith M. Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Judith M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women brewery workers--England--History.

Women brewery workers.

Women--England--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

Women.

Economic history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Economic history.

Economic history--16th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1300, women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in England, but by 1600 the industry was largely controlled by men. This work asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a woman's trade. In doing so, it sheds light on the effects of early capitalism on the status of women's work.

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; A Brief Note on Conventions and Terms; ONE: Brewsters; TWO: When Women Brewed; THREE: New Markets, Lost Opportunities: Single women and Widows as Harbingers of Change; FOUR: Working Together: Wives and Husbands in the Brewers' Gild of London; FIVE: New Beer, Old Ale: Why Was Female to Male as Ale Was to Beer?; SIX: Gender Rules: Women and the Regulation of Brewing; SEVEN: These Things Must Be if We Sell Ale: Alewives in English Culture and Society; EIGHT: Women's Work in a Changing World; APPENDIX: Interpreting Presentments under the Assize of Ale; Notes

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-771111-1

0-19-987944-3

1-280-52609-2

0-19-536079-6

1-4294-0114-1

OCLC:

466423966

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04180 hdl