"This book presents the lives of women and men who lived and worked as domestic servants in London between 1660 and 1750. Using the testimony of 1,500 individual servants alive in a distinct phase of English history, the book brings to life: household relations; sex and slander;…
In this exciting new study Tim Meldrum explores the ""real lives"" of domestic servants. From close examination of court records and other documentary evidence, he has reconstructed the lives of ordinary domestic servants in London. A revealing account of life below the stairs, …
"This book presents the lives of women and men who lived and worked as domestic servants in London between 1660 and 1750. Using the testimony of 1,500 individual servants alive in a distinct phase of English history, the book brings to life: household relations; sex and slander;…
"This book presents the lives of women and men who lived and worked as domestic servants in London between 1660 and 1750. Using the testimony of 1,500 individual servants alive in a distinct phase of English history, the book brings to life: household relations; sex and slander;…