Domestic Dangers - Women, Words, and Sex in Early Modern London

Zusatztext profoundly important study of defamation in the patriarchal society of early modern London ... Klappentext What else is woman but a foe to friendship ... a domestic danger.' These words, taken from a biblical commentary by St John Chrysostom, are frequently quoted in early modern literature, showing that sexual morality was central to the patriarchal society of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. In this fascinating and original book, Laura Gowing considers what gender difference meant in the practice of daily life, examining the working of gender relations in sex, courtship, marriage conflict, and verbal disputes. Zusammenfassung This analysis of women's experiences in London presents evidence for their use of legal agencies, the organization of gender relations and lives. Laura Gowing considers what gender difference meant in daily life, examining gender relations in sex, courtship, marriage, conflict and verbal disputes.

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• Authors: Laura Gowing, Laura (Senior Lecturer in History Gowing
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780198207634
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820763-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Oxford Studies in Social History; Oxford Studies in Social Histo; Oxford Studies in Social History; Oxford Studies in Social Histo
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History