Female Servants in Early Modern England
| Female Servants in Early Modern England |
| Autore | Mansell Charmian |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : British Academy, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 pages) |
| Disciplina | 331.7616404609420903 |
| Collana | British Academy Monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Women household employees - England - History
Households - England - History |
| ISBN |
1-80596-102-0
0-19-890865-2 0-19-890866-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-title -- A British Academy Monograph -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- List of Tables -- Note on the Text -- Abbreviations -- Conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Service in early modern England -- Church courts -- Methodology -- Landscapes, economies, and people -- How to use this book -- Part I -- 1 Church Courts and Their People -- Charting litigation -- Types of litigation -- Record survival -- Coming to court -- Gendered litigation -- Witnessing across the life cycle -- Means to testify -- Female servants in the church courts -- Identification -- Participation -- The servant witness -- The litigating servant -- Shadowy servants -- Conclusion -- 2 Tracing Lives -- Servants and status -- Signs and marks -- Expressing wealth -- Masters and mobility -- Hiring households -- Servant prospects -- Conclusion -- 3 Time for Service -- The age structure of service -- Early years -- Life-cycle servants -- Married women -- Never married -- Widowhood -- Conclusion -- Part II -- 4 On the Move -- Migration patterns -- Beyond the parish -- Patterns of service -- Length of employment -- The labour market -- On hiring fairs -- Finding work -- Family connections -- Conclusion -- 5 Navigating Service -- Patterns of labour -- With or without covenant -- Terms of agreement -- Wage negotiations -- Breaking agreements -- Conclusion -- 6 Working Lives -- Counting and categorising labour -- Time for work -- Seasonality of work -- The working week -- Time of day -- Accounting for labour -- Household economies -- Division of labour -- Calculating labour -- Training and skills -- Conclusion -- Part III -- 7 The Home and Beyond -- Categorising space -- Imagining space -- The home -- Beyond the home -- (En)forcing hierarchies -- Policing intimacy -- Discipline and labour.
Conclusion -- 8 Neighbours and Networks -- Familiarity and acquaintance -- Acquaintances -- Familiars -- Friendship -- Friendships and alliances -- Witnessing after service -- Reputation -- Conclusion -- 9 Remembering Service -- Retrieving memories -- Memories of labour -- Local histories -- National horizons -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Place Index -- Person Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910886966203321 |
Mansell Charmian
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| Oxford : , : British Academy, , 2024 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Household politics [[electronic resource] ] : conflict in early modern England / / Don Herzog
| Household politics [[electronic resource] ] : conflict in early modern England / / Don Herzog |
| Autore | Herzog Don <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.85 |
| Soggetto topico |
Households - England - History
Man-woman relationships - England - History Misogyny - England - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-48345-3
0-300-19517-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. A Tale of Two Poems -- CHAPTER 2. Husbands and Wives, Gender and Genre -- CHAPTER 3. Public Man, Private Woman? -- CHAPTER 4. Conflict -- CHAPTER 5. The Trouble With Servants -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452972703321 |
Herzog Don <1956->
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Household politics [[electronic resource] ] : conflict in early modern England / / Don Herzog
| Household politics [[electronic resource] ] : conflict in early modern England / / Don Herzog |
| Autore | Herzog Don <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.85 |
| Soggetto topico |
Households - England - History
Man-woman relationships - England - History Misogyny - England - History |
| ISBN |
1-299-48345-3
0-300-19517-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. A Tale of Two Poems -- CHAPTER 2. Husbands and Wives, Gender and Genre -- CHAPTER 3. Public Man, Private Woman? -- CHAPTER 4. Conflict -- CHAPTER 5. The Trouble With Servants -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779659003321 |
Herzog Don <1956->
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Household politics : conflict in early modern England / / Don Herzog
| Household politics : conflict in early modern England / / Don Herzog |
| Autore | Herzog Don <1956-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.85 |
| Soggetto topico |
Households - England - History
Man-woman relationships - England - History Misogyny - England - History |
| ISBN |
9781299483453
1299483453 9780300195170 0300195176 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. A Tale of Two Poems -- CHAPTER 2. Husbands and Wives, Gender and Genre -- CHAPTER 3. Public Man, Private Woman? -- CHAPTER 4. Conflict -- CHAPTER 5. The Trouble With Servants -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910961474703321 |
Herzog Don <1956->
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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