Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. A Tale of Two Poems -- CHAPTER 2. Husbands and Wives, Gender and Genre -- CHAPTER 3. Public Man, Private Woman? -- CHAPTER 4. Conflict -- CHAPTER 5. The Trouble With Servants -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary
'Household Politics' offers a new look at 'familial patriarchy' in early modern England - an era in which it supposedly thrived. Canonical sources and sermons often urged the subordination of women, but Herzog found that most considered the notion ludicrous. In fact, he found that families experienced a constant negotiation of power, debunking the myth that they were universally patriarchal during this era
