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Ale, beer and brewsters in England : women's work in a changing world, 1300-1600
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- Summary
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In 1300, women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in England, but by 1600 the industry was largely controlled by men. This work asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a woman's trade. In d...
In 1300, women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in England, but by 1600 the industry was largely controlled by men. This work asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a woman's trade. In doing so, it sheds light on the effects of early capitalism on the status of women's work.
Details
- Creator
- Judith M. Bennett
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780197711118, 0197711111, 9780199879441, 0199879443, 9781280526091, 1280526092, 9780195360790, 0195360796, 9781429401142, 1429401141, 0195126505, 0195073908
- OCLC
- ocn466423966, ocn958511415, on1406781278
- Previously issued in print: 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Contents; List of Abbreviations; A Brief Note on Conventions and Terms; ONE: Brewsters; TWO: When Women Brewed; THREE: New Markets, Lost Opportunities: Single women and Widows as Harbingers of Change; FOUR: Working Together: Wives and Husbands in the Brewers' Gild of London; FIVE: New Beer, Old Ale: Why Was Female to Male as Ale Was to Beer?; SIX: Gender Rules: Women and the Regulation of Brewing; SEVEN: These Things Must Be if We Sell Ale: Alewives in English Culture and Society; EIGHT: Women's Work in a Changing World; APPENDIX: Interpreting Presentments under the Assize of Ale; Notes