When gossips meet women, family, and neighbourhood in early modern England /

Aimed at social and cultural historians, this is an exploration of how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early Modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture. It focuses on the networks of close friends ('gossips') which gave them a social identity beyond the narrowly domestic.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Capp, B. S.
Formato: eBook
Idioma:English
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Oxford studies in social history.
Subjects:
Women > England > History > Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Families > England > History > 16th century.
Women > Social conditions > History > 16th century.
England > Social conditions > 16th century.
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Descripción
Summary:Aimed at social and cultural historians, this is an exploration of how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early Modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture. It focuses on the networks of close friends ('gossips') which gave them a social identity beyond the narrowly domestic.
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Descrición Física:1 online resource (vi, 398 p.).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191719592 (ebook) :

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