Reposted by Prof. Rich Firth-Godbehere FRHistS
Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
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A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history
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