An Ordered Society: Gender and Class in Early Modern EnglandColumbia University Press, 1993 - 203 sider Amussen's vivid account of family and village life in England from the reign of Elizabeth I to the accession of the Hanoverian monarchies describes the domestic economy of the rich and the poor; the processes of courtship, marriage, and marital breakdown; and the structure of power within the family and in rural communities. |
Almindelige termer og sætninger
agricultural Aldham alehouse alleged Amussen Arminianism authority Bardolph and Wimbotsham behaviour brought Cawston cent challenged Chamberlayne changes child churchwardens Cler common complained conflict daughters David Underdown defamation discipline disorder Dod and Clever Domesticall Duties E.P. Thompson early modern England economic Edward Hammond elite Elizabeth England English society evidence executors families and villages family economy father Fressingfield gender Gent gentry George Sawer Gouge Governors and governed Hare Henry hierarchy Holme Hale household manuals important insults John justices King King's Lynn labour land landholders less London Margaret marriage married Myddle neighbours Norfolk Norwich notables obedience parents parish Peter Laslett petitions political poor population Poverty and Piety problem Puritan relationships reputation Richard Robert role Saham Toney scold servants sexual social order sought Stow Bardolph Swaffham Thomas town wealth West Winch widow William Winfarthing and Shelfanger wives women Wrightson and Levine yeomen
Populære passager
Side 191 - Jus Populi ; or, a Discourse wherein clear satisfaction is given as well concerning the Right of Subjects as the Right of Princes...
Henvisninger til denne bog
Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class Leonore Davidoff Ingen forhåndsvisning - 1995 |