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Female Servants in Early Modern England

Female Servants in Early Modern England

Name: Female Servants in Early Modern England
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780197267585
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Author: Charmian Mansell
ISBN: 9780197267585

By Charmian Mansell

Oxford University Press March 2024

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ISBN-13: 9780197267585
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: March 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

1:Introduction

2:Church Courts and their People

3:Tracing Lives

4:Time for Service

II.

5:On the Move

6:Navigating Service

7:Working Lives

III.

8:The Home and Beyond

9:Neighbours and Networks

10:Remembering Service