‘the several hours of the day had variety of employments assigned to them’: Women’s Timekeeping in Early Modern England

The article examines early modern Englishwomen’s notions and experiences of time in their daily lives. In contrast to what has been assumed, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century women’s everyday life often involved standard use of clock-time. Women’s activities tended to form habitual schedules that c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anu Korhonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Early Modern Studies
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/7077