Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620

by Marjorie Keniston McIntosh

Book Overview

Using substantial new evidence to explore the diverse ways that English women participated in the market economy from 1300 to 1620, Marjorie McIntosh challenges traditional views of this golden age as well as more recent critiques. She argues that women's engagement in the market economy fluctuated widely under the pressures of demographic, economic, social and cultural change. Thus, although they enjoyed unprecedented opportunities following the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521608589
• ISBN13: 9780521608589
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"