Nancy Locklin: 2 books
by Nancy Locklin
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Based on a solid foundation of archival research that ranges from tax rolls to notarial records, this study adds an important chapter to our understanding of women in pre-industrial Europe. Through a rigorous examination of primary documents peculiar to eighteenth-century Brittany, the author demonstrates...
by Jacob Melish, Judith DeGroat, Cynthia Truant
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
In the eighteenth century, French women were active in a wide range of employments-from printmaking to running whole-sale businesses-although social and legal structures frequently limited their capacity to work independently. The contributors to Women and Work in Eighteenth-Century France reveal...