Childcare and Gender in Sweden <i>c</i>. 1600–1800

Oja, Linda

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“…Much of the work was divided along gender boundaries, making both a man and woman necessary for upholding the status and the livelihood of the family. In towns and cities, married couples often worked in the same trade, and formed a partnership where both parties were necessary for the family's subsistence (Ågren 2013;Ling 2011;Oja 2015).…”

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The Social Impacts of War: Agency and Everyday Life in the Borderlands during the Early Seventeenth Century

Hjertman

Nauman

Vretemark

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Int J Histor Archaeol

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In this paper, we address some of the social impacts of war, including issues of negotiating identity during displacement caused by war. What it meant to be Swedish or Danish-Norwegian in a town where there was a not insubstantial population of foreign merchants would clearly be an ambiguous situation. Burghers were elected by fellow citizens, who were themselves from other parts of Sweden, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe, including Germany, Holland, England, and Scotland. Allegiances were contingent, and in many cases among aliens probably more local than national. The social impacts of war in modern-day west Sweden extended beyond the towns directly affected, such as Nya Lödöse and Ny Varberg. The degree to which individuals could act with agency and autonomy was contingent and context-specific. Forced migration and the negotiation of identity are issues that remain relevant today; Int J Histor Archaeol (2018) 22:226-244

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The Social Impacts of War: Agency and Everyday Life in the Borderlands during the Early Seventeenth Century

Hjertman

Nauman

Vretemark

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Int J Histor Archaeol

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“…There are very few studies of the practicalities of childcare in the preindustrial period, but see Hanawalt, Ties that bound , pp. 175–84; Oja, ‘Childcare and gender’.…”

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The gender division of labour in early modern England

Whittle

Hailwood

2018

The Economic History Review

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This article presents new evidence of gendered work patterns in the pre-industrial economy, providing an overview of women's work in early modern England. Evidence of 4,300 work tasks undertaken by particular women and men was collected from three types of court documents (coroners' reports, church court depositions, and quarter sessions examinations) from five counties in south-western England (Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) between 1500 and 1700. The findings show that women participated in all the main areas of the economy. However, different patterns of gendered work were identified in different parts of the economy: craft work showed a sharp division of labour and agriculture a flexible division of labour, while differences of gender were less pronounced in everyday commerce. Quantitative evidence of early modern housework and care work in England indicates that such work used less time and was less family-based than is often assumed. Comparisons with gendered work patterns in early modern Germany and Sweden are drawn and show strong similarities to England. In conclusion it is argued that the gender division of labour cannot be explained by a single factor, as different influences were at play in different parts of the economy. I n Street, Somerset in 1551, Margaret Parsons, a servant, helped to plough a seven-acre field, 1 while in Knook, Wiltshire, in 1622, Robert Griffin put mutton 'into the pot over the fire to make broth and some provision for his wife being great with child and their children'. 2 Both Parsons and Griffin challenge our assumptions about the gender division of labour in early modern England, prompting us to think again about the types of work women and men did in this period. Each gave evidence about their activities to the courts: Parsons to the church courts in a tithe dispute, and Griffin a confession of sheep-stealing recorded at the quarter sessions. This article presents new evidence of gendered work patterns in pre-industrial England. It shows how records of work tasks from early modern courts can be classified and quantified to provide an overview of the gender division of labour. The findings reveal that patterns of gendered work

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Interdependent living: labouring families and the Swedish mining industry in the late seventeenth century

Lindström

Mispelaere

2016

The History of the Family

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Childcare and Gender in Sweden c. 1600–1800

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The Social Impacts of War: Agency and Everyday Life in the Borderlands during the Early Seventeenth Century

The Social Impacts of War: Agency and Everyday Life in the Borderlands during the Early Seventeenth Century

The gender division of labour in early modern England

Interdependent living: labouring families and the Swedish mining industry in the late seventeenth century

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