In 1615, Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives containing "all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body. This work gives an introduction and author's notes to make "The English Housewife" readily accessible to the contemporary reader.
In 1615, Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives containing "all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body....
