Dress and Hygiene in Early Modern England

by Susan North

This book examines the role of linen undergarments in concepts of propriety and health in early-modern England. While medical history has written about hygiene, dress historians about linen undergarments, and women's history about laundry, this is the first book to bring these separate narratives together. Acknowledging the difficulties in researching the habits of cleanliness in the past, particularly the unreliability of personal testimony for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113863087X
• ISBN13: 9781138630871
• Release Date: December 2028
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages