FEMALE SERVANTS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansell, Charmian.

Series:

British Academy monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women household employees--England--History.

Women household employees.

Households--England--History.

Households.

England--Social life and customs.

England.

Physical Description:

360 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2024.

Summary:

Excavating experiences of over a thousand women in service from church court testimony, Mansell argues that early modern service was unstable, but finely graded, fluid, and contingent. Intervening in histories of labour, gender, freedom, and law, 'Female Servants in Early Modern England' rethinks our understanding of the institution of service.

Excavating experiences of over a thousand women in service from church court testimony, Mansell argues that early modern service was unstable, but finely graded, fluid, and contingent. Intervening in histories of labour, gender, freedom, and law, Female Servants in Early Modern England rethinks our understanding of the institution of service.

ISBN:

0197267580

9780197267585

OCLC:

1401961334

Publisher Number:

CIPO000029948