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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Main Author: Weil, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2013
In: History compass
Year: 2013, Volume: 11, Issue: 5, Pages: 381-388
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