Politics and Gender in Crisis in David Underdown's "The Taming of the Scold"
David Underdown's 1985 essay "The Taming of the Scold" argues on the basis of an increase in the number of cucking stools and skimmingtons (both mechanisms for punishing unruly women) that there was a crisis in gender relations in the years around 1600. This article reviews the argume...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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History compass
Year: 2013, Volume: 11, Issue: 5, Pages: 381-388 |
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| Summary: | David Underdown's 1985 essay "The Taming of the Scold" argues on the basis of an increase in the number of cucking stools and skimmingtons (both mechanisms for punishing unruly women) that there was a crisis in gender relations in the years around 1600. This article reviews the argument, describes the diverse historiographies with which it engages and contributes, and considers later attempts to test Underdown's claims empirically and the methodological questions which these attempts illuminate. |
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| ISSN: | 1478-0542 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: History compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/hic3.12054 |
