Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620

ISBN-13: 9780521846165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 306 str.

Marjorie Keniston McIntosh

Opis

This is an important new study of English women's participation in the market economy from 1300 to 1620.

Recenzje

'McIntosh's work deserves a place on the shelves of anyone interested in the history of medieval and early-modern women.' Amanda Richardson, University of Chichester

Spis treści

Part I. Women and Their Work: 1. Women's work in its social setting; 2. Studying working women; Part II. Providing Services: 3. Domestic and personal services; 4. Financial services and real estate; Part III. Making and Selling Goods: 5. General features of women's work as producers and sellers; 6. Drink work; 7. The food trades and innkeeping; 8. Women's participation in the skilled crafts; 9. Turning the coin: women as consumers.