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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154596003321

Titolo

Making gardens of their own : advice for women, 1550-1750 / / selected and introduced by Jennifer Munroe ; general editors, Betty S. Travitsky and Anne Lake Prescott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-92089-8

1-315-25005-5

1-351-92090-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Early modern Englishwoman. Series III, Essential works for the study of early modern women, Part 3 ; ; Volume 1

Altri autori (Persone)

MunroeJennifer

PrescottAnne Lake <1936->

TravitskyBetty <1942->

Disciplina

635.082

Soggetti

Gardening - England

Women gardeners - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Ashgate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Books for housewives -- pt. 2. Books for ladies.

Sommario/riassunto

During the period 1500-1750 a general shift in gardening practice took place, from which emerged three distinct types of gardens: (traditional) subsistence or kitchen gardens, aesthetic gardens, and gendered aesthetic gardens. The gardening and husbandry manuals published during the period, typified by the texts selected for this volume, reveal how and what one planted was related to one's role in society.