When Gossips Meet: Women, Family, and Neighbourhood in Early Modern England

ISBN-13: 9780199273195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 408 str.

Bernard Capp

Opis

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.

Recenzje

All social and cultural historians of early modern England will find much of interest in Professor Capp's wonderfully written account of the hidden stories of women's accommodation and resistance to patriarchy.