The variety of women's experiences as servants in England (1548-1649): evidence from church court depositions

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Mansell, Charmian [1 ]
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[1] Queen Mary Univ London, London, England
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LATE-MEDIEVAL; LEGAL PROCESS; GENDER; WAGES; CREDIBILITY; HOUSEHOLDS; OATHS;
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10.1017/S0268416018000267
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C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ;
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This article demonstrates, using evidence from church court depositions, that women's experience of service in early modern England was more varied than scholarship suggests. Moving beyond its conception as a life-cycle annual occupation, the article situates service within individual life-stories. It argues firstly, that service extended across the whole of women's working lives and secondly, that employment arrangements took a wide range of forms. Service for women is shown to have been flexible, varied and contingent, employing a diversity of individuals under a variety of different employment agreements. Une variete d'experiences pour les femmes en tant que servantes en Angleterre (1548-1649): leurs depositions aux tribunaux d'eglise temoignentAnalysant les depositions faites par les servantes dans le cadre des tribunaux de l'eglise anglicane, l'auteur demontre qu'a l'epoque moderne les femmes engagees dans le service domestique ont pu connaitre des experiences de type beaucoup plus variees que ne le laissait supposer l'historiographie du sujet a ce jour. Au-dela du modele de service sous contrat annuel, correspondant a une vie de jeune fille, des histoires de vie sont presentees. Il apparait d'une part que servir pouvait fort bien intervenir a differentes etapes de la vie active des femmes et que, d'autre part, les modalites d'emploi revetaient de multiples formes. Le travail de servante se revele ici flexible, varie et conjoncturel, mettant en jeu diverses personnes, engagees dans le cadre de differents contrats de travail. Die Bandbreite der Erfahrungen weiblicher Dienstboten in England (1548-1649): Befunde aus KirchengerichtsaktenAuf der Grundlage von Kirchengerichtsakten zeigt dieser Beitrag, dass die Erfahrungen von Frauen als Dienstboten unterschiedlicher waren als es die Forschung unterstellt. Der Beitrag geht uber die herkommliche Vorstellung, es handele sich hierbei um eine lebenszyklisch begrenzte Jahresbeschaftigung, hinaus und verortet den Dienst innerhalb individueller Lebensgeschichten. Die These lautet, dass sich der Dienst erstens uber das gesamte Arbeitsleben von Frauen erstreckte und zweitens die konkreten Beschaftigungsformen hochst unterschiedlich ausgepragt waren. Dienstverhaltnisse fur Frauen waren flexibel, vielfaltig und kontingent, und sie banden eine Vielzahl von Personen in ganz unterschiedliche Beschaftigungsformen ein.
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