R.C. Richardson
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R.C. Richardson describes the fortunes of young women driven by poverty into domestic service in early modern England. A number fell victim to predatory masters and ended up with illegitimate children, only to be ejected form households into penury or, worse, executed for infanticide. Published August 26 2010
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R.C. Richardson describes the fortunes of young women driven by poverty into domestic service. A number fell victim to predatory masters and ended up with illegitimate children, only to be ejected from households.
Published July 2 2010
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by Kevin Sharpe
Published April 30 1990
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People and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century England
Published June 30 1987
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by Christopher Hill
Published July 31 1986
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Volume 1: Writing and Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England
Published August 31 1985
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Theatre and Crisis, 1632-1642, by Martin Butler. xii + 340 pp. (Cambridge University Press, £25)
Published May 31 1985
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