Routledge

Routledge

English

'... Humfrey succeeds in providing an illuminating new perspective on the experiences of female domestic servants within early modern London.' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century 'Largely taken for granted at the time on account of their ubiquity and for long ignored by later histories which recognise [servants’] indispensable contribution to society and economy of the time. Paula Humfrey’s edited collection of documents usefully contributes to the discussion of servant mobility, sexuality, literacy, privacy, wages, the feminisation of the occupation, neighbourhood networks, honour and reputation, and much more besides.' Southern History '... provide[s] a wide range of accessible source materials for term papers and research projects, and would thus be worthwhile for libraries to purchase.' Sixteenth Century Studies