When Gossips Meet : Women, Family, and Neighbourhood in Early Modern England.

This book explores how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early modern England sought to make the best of their lives in a society that excluded or marginalized them in almost every sphere. It argues that networks of close friends ('gossips') provided invaluable moral and practical...

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Main Author: Capp, Bernard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2004.
Series:Oxford studies in social history.
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