Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England
This book is about the relationship of food and food practices to discourses and depictions of domestic and political governance in early modern women’s writing. It examines the texts of four elite women spanning approximately forty years: the Psalmes of
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Within the period 1520–1740, this large, long-running series, with international representation discusses many kinds of writing, both within and outside the established canon. The volumes may employ different theoretical perspectives, but they share an historical awareness and an interest in seeing their texts in lively negotiation with their own and successive cultures. Editorial board members: Sharon Achinstein, University of Oxford, UK John Kerrigan, University of Cambridge, UK Richard C McCoy, Columbia University, USA Jean Howard, Columbia University, USA Adam Smyth, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Cathy Shrank, University of Sheffield, UK Michelle O’Callaghan, University of Reading, UK Steven Zwicker, Washington University, USA Katie Larson, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Madeline Bassnett
Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England
Madeline Bassnett Department of English and Writing Studies University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada
Early Modern Literature in History ISBN 978-3-319-40867-5 ISBN 978-3-319-40868-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40868-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948576 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © By permission of University of Glasgow Library, Special Collections Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book began life over ten years ago as a dissertation at Dalhousie University. I remain immensely thankful to Christina Luckyj, who not only shepherded this initial venture, but greeted my vague longings to think about early modern food with enthusiasm. Without her welcoming encouragement this b
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