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
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2003, 2003
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| Series: | Oxford studies in social history / Oxford studies in social history
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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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| Physical Description: | vi, 398 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191719592 |