Keeping House in Seventeenth-Century England with Margarette Lincoln

The Athenaeum was established in 1814 as a subscription library, at a time when the free public library system did not exist and collections of books, available for reading or research, were still mostly limited to institutions, schools or colleges.The Athenaeum of Philadelphia nurtures curiosity in members and neighbors, strengthening community through learning and discourse.The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is one of 16 membership libraries that collaborate through the Membership Libraries Group. Some, like the Charleston (est. 1748), New York Society (est. 1754), and Newport (est. 1741) libraries, date from the 18th Century.

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Margarette Lincoln is the author of London and the 17th Century: The Making of the World’s Greatest City (Yale, 2021)

This talk, focusing largely on Mary Evelyn, wife of the famous diarist John, will look at the management of genteel households in Stuart England. What was expected of a competent housewife in terms of cooking skills, knowledge of home remedies, and the management of servants? The growth in luxury imports brought practical comforts to the home but domestic perils remained – in cosmetics, medicines, and hygiene measures. Finally, this talk will explore the frustrations that an intelligent, educated woman might encounter within the conventional role of housewife.
Purchase a copy of the book on <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/12358/9780300248784" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bookshop.org</a>Zoom information will be sent to the email address used during registration the day of the event.About the author:Margarette Lincoln’s latest book, London and the 17th Century: The Making of the World’s Greatest City was published by Yale in 2021. She was a visiting fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and formerly Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Her previous books include British Pirates and Society, 1680–1730, and Trading in War, nominated for the 2019 Wolfson History Prize and named London Historians’ Book of the Year, 2018.

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