When Gossips Meet [[electronic resource] ] : Women, Family, and Neighbourhood in Early Modern England

• Autore: Capp B. S
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4209420903
• Soggetto topico: Women - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - England; Families - History - 16th century - England; Women - Social conditions - 16th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Patriarchy and the World of Gossips; 3. Families and Gossips: The Experience of Marriage; 4. Maidservants and the Politics of the Household; 5. Women and Neighbours: Female Disputes; 6. Women and Neighbours: Disputes with Men; 7. Women as Citizens: Public and Political Life; 8. Recreation, Religion, and Female Culture; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography of Manuscript Sources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. - ;This book explores how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture in which they were generally excluded, marginalized, or subordinated. It fo
• Titolo autorizzato: When Gossips Meet
• ISBN: 1-280-75783-3; 0-19-155508-8; 1-4237-5718-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777537203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Social History