TY - BOOK ID - 77865918 TI - When gossips meet : women, family, and neighbourhood in early modern England PY - 2003 SN - 1280757833 0191555088 1423757181 9780191555084 9780199273195 0199273197 9780199255986 0199255989 0199273197 0199255989 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Women. KW - Women KW - Families KW - Gender Studies & Sexuality KW - Gender & Ethnic Studies KW - Social Sciences KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Family KW - Family life KW - Family relationships KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - History KW - Social conditions KW - Social aspects KW - נשים KW - النساء KW - משפחות KW - العائلات KW - מצב חברתי KW - الأحوال الاجتماعية KW - היסטוריה KW - التاريخ KW - Women - England - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600 KW - Families - England - History - 16th century KW - Women - Social conditions - 16th century KW - England - Social conditions - 16th century KW - England UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77865918 AB - 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 support, helping them to shape their own lives and to play an active role in the affairs of the local community. - ;This book explores how women of the poorer and middling sorts in early modern England negotiated a patriarchal culture in which they were generally excluded, marginalized, or subordinated. It fo ER -