Female Servants in Early Modern England
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 March 2024
- ISBN 9780197267585
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 240x161x22 mm
- Weight 682 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 colour map, 75 b/w images 488
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
What was it like to be a woman in service in early modern England? Drawing on evidence recorded in church court testimony, Mansell excavates experiences of over a thousand female servants between 1532 and 1649. Intervening in histories of labour, gender, freedom, law, migration, youth, and community, Female Servants in Early Modern England rethinks traditional scholarship of servant institution. De-coupling 'household' and 'service', it highlights the importance of female servants' labour to the wider economy and their key role in broader social networks and communities, despite their high mobility. Moving beyond regulatory codes of service prescribed by law and conduct literature, Mansell reveals the varied experiences of these women in service, both fluid and contingent: in early modern England, service (and the freedoms it allowed) was in flux.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
Church Courts and their People
Tracing Lives
Time for Service
On the Move
Navigating Service
Working Lives
The Home and Beyond
Neighbours and Networks
Remembering Service
