The English Housewife

The English Housewife
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 0773511032
ISBN-13 : 9780773511033
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Book Synopsis The English Housewife by : Gervase Markham

Download or read book The English Housewife written by Gervase Markham and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1615 Englishman Gervase Markham published a handbook for housewives that contains "all the virtuous knowledges and actions both of the mind and body, which ought to be in any complete housewife". Markham instructs and advises on everything from the plague to baldness and bad breath. Woodcut illustrations add a richness to this look at life during the Renaissance.


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