The English Housewife

The English Housewife
Author: Gervase Markham
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1994
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780773511033


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In 1615 Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives that contains "all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body, which ought to be in any complete housewife". Markham instructs and advises on everything from the plague to baldness and bad breath. Woodcut illustrations add a richness to this look at life during the Renaissance.


The English Housewife
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: Gervase Markham
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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In 1615 Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives that contains "all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body, which o
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