Female Servants in Early Modern England
Excavating experiences of over a thousand women in service from church court testimony, Mansell argues that early modern service was unstable, but finely graded, fluid, and contingent. Intervening in histories of labour, gender, freedom, and law, Female Servants in Early Modern England rethinks our...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
British Academy
2024.
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Edición: | 1st ed |
Colección: | British Academy Monographs
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009827925206719 |
Sumario: | Excavating experiences of over a thousand women in service from church court testimony, Mansell argues that early modern service was unstable, but finely graded, fluid, and contingent. Intervening in histories of labour, gender, freedom, and law, Female Servants in Early Modern England rethinks our understanding of the institution of service. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (438 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780198908654 9780198908661 |