Ale, beer and brewsters in England : women's work in a changing world, 1300-1600

Ale, beer and brewsters in England : women's work in a changing world, 1300-1600 / Judith M. Bennett.

"Women brewed and sold most of the ale consumed in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in London were male, and men also dominated the trade in many towns and villages. This book asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be women's work a...

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Main Author: Bennett, Judith M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
500-1599
Women brewers > England > History.
Women > England > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Economic history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Economic history > 16th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Economic history
Economic history > Medieval
Women brewers
Women > Middle Ages
Bierbrouwers.
Vrouwen.
England
History
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Table of Contents:
  • List of abbreviations
  • A brief note on conventions and terms
  • Brewsters
  • When women brewed
  • New markets, lost opportunities: Single women and widows as harbingers of change
  • Working together: Wives and husbands in the Brewers' Gild of London
  • New beer, old ale: Why was female to male as ale was to beer?
  • Gender rules: Women and the regulation of brewing
  • These things must be if we sell ale: Alewives in English culture and society
  • Women's work in a changing world
  • Appendix: Interpreting presentments under the assize of ale
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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