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- Title
Sexual impropriety, petitioning and the dynamics of ill will in daily urban life.
- Authors
O'BRIEN, KAREN
- Abstract
This study offers an investigation into the prevalence of interpersonal verbal hostility and litigation in Nantwich, a town that was undergoing radical change during a period of crisis in the seventeenth century. It surveys the vicissitudes of midwife and moneylender, Anne Knutsford, whose outrageous language was met with a petition by opposing factions of Nantwich society. Through an intensive case-study, it identifies a complex interplay of dispute, transaction and reputation during one turbulent decade from 1660 to 1670. Such a close telling of the intimate details and dynamics of relationships gives rare insights into the goings on of daily urban life. Pieced together from a complicated labyrinth of suit and counter-suit, it establishes Anne Knutsford as a formidable creditor and highlights the fragility of social relationships under pressure from material hardship.
- Subjects
NANTWICH (England); URBAN life; MONEYLENDERS; KNUTSFORD, Anne; SOCIAL groups
- Publication
Urban History, 2016, Vol 43, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0963-9268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0963926815000127