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Female Servants in Early Modern England

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' r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mansell, Charmian
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:Undetermined
Published: Oxford University Press 2024
Subjects:
Women household employees > England > History.
Households > England > History.
England > Social life and customs.
Employées de maison > Angleterre > Histoire.
Ménages (Statistique) > Angleterre > Histoire.
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes.
Economics.
Industry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780197267585
0197267580