Gareth Lloyd
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199295746
- eISBN:
- 9780191711701
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199295746.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The most important relationship of Charles Wesley's life was with his brother John. From their days at Oxford University and involvement with the holy club, John and Charles forged an exceptionally ...
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The most important relationship of Charles Wesley's life was with his brother John. From their days at Oxford University and involvement with the holy club, John and Charles forged an exceptionally strong bond that was to become one of the most important contributory factors to the success of Wesleyan Methodism. Even though John was the dominant partner until 1749, Charles played an invaluable role in the birth and early years of the Methodist movement and in some aspects of ministry, he was his brother's superior.Less
The most important relationship of Charles Wesley's life was with his brother John. From their days at Oxford University and involvement with the holy club, John and Charles forged an exceptionally strong bond that was to become one of the most important contributory factors to the success of Wesleyan Methodism. Even though John was the dominant partner until 1749, Charles played an invaluable role in the birth and early years of the Methodist movement and in some aspects of ministry, he was his brother's superior.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the furnishings of the Pilgrims settlers in Plymouth Colony during the Old Colony period. The households of Plymouth varied along a wide range with respect to the possession of ...
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This chapter examines the furnishings of the Pilgrims settlers in Plymouth Colony during the Old Colony period. The households of Plymouth varied along a wide range with respect to the possession of material objects, and the inventories show a clear trend throughout the 70-year span of Plymouth Colony toward more ample and more diversified physical possessions. Tables and chairs were present in most Old Colony households, but in rather limited numbers, and a single full-fledged chair seems to have sufficed in many cases. No room apart from the hall was furnished so as to imply regular use by the residents in their normal round of waking activities.Less
This chapter examines the furnishings of the Pilgrims settlers in Plymouth Colony during the Old Colony period. The households of Plymouth varied along a wide range with respect to the possession of material objects, and the inventories show a clear trend throughout the 70-year span of Plymouth Colony toward more ample and more diversified physical possessions. Tables and chairs were present in most Old Colony households, but in rather limited numbers, and a single full-fledged chair seems to have sufficed in many cases. No room apart from the hall was furnished so as to imply regular use by the residents in their normal round of waking activities.
KEITH JEFFERY
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199239672
- eISBN:
- 9780191719493
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239672.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Military History
There was a history of tension between the British colonies along the coast of South Africa at the Cape and in Natal, as well as in the inland Dutch republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free ...
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There was a history of tension between the British colonies along the coast of South Africa at the Cape and in Natal, as well as in the inland Dutch republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. This had greatly intensified following the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Transvaal and the dramatic growth of a rumbustious British-dominated ‘uitlander’ community concentrated on Johannesburg. Imperialists at the Cape, notably Cecil Rhodes and his trusty supporter, Frederick Jameson, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, desired the extension of formal British control over all of southern Africa. Through the later 1890s, Henry Wilson followed the developing crisis in South Africa with quite close attention, particularly the Jameson raid. This chapter focuses on Wilson's war service in South Africa as brigade major of Ireland's 4th or ‘Light’ Brigade (as the 3rd Brigade was known), under the command of Major-General Neville Lyttelton.Less
There was a history of tension between the British colonies along the coast of South Africa at the Cape and in Natal, as well as in the inland Dutch republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. This had greatly intensified following the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Transvaal and the dramatic growth of a rumbustious British-dominated ‘uitlander’ community concentrated on Johannesburg. Imperialists at the Cape, notably Cecil Rhodes and his trusty supporter, Frederick Jameson, Prime Minister of Cape Colony, desired the extension of formal British control over all of southern Africa. Through the later 1890s, Henry Wilson followed the developing crisis in South Africa with quite close attention, particularly the Jameson raid. This chapter focuses on Wilson's war service in South Africa as brigade major of Ireland's 4th or ‘Light’ Brigade (as the 3rd Brigade was known), under the command of Major-General Neville Lyttelton.
Johan Fourie and Dieter von Fintel
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199659036
- eISBN:
- 9780191749032
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199659036.003.0005
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
The arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would become an extremely unequal society. Comparative analysis reveals that certain endowments exist in societies ...
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The arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would become an extremely unequal society. Comparative analysis reveals that certain endowments exist in societies that experience a ‘persistence of inequality’. This chapter shows that the emphasis on endowments may be overstated. A more general explanation allows for ‘non-tropical products’ to contribute to the rise and persistence of an elite, and consequently inequality. The focus shifts to the production method used in the dominant industry and the subsequent ability of the elite to extend these benefits to products that were typically not associated with elite formation in other societies (such as wheat). The Cape Colony is used as a case study to show how the arrival of French settlers (with a preference for wine-making) shifted production in South Africa from cattle farming to viticultureLess
The arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would become an extremely unequal society. Comparative analysis reveals that certain endowments exist in societies that experience a ‘persistence of inequality’. This chapter shows that the emphasis on endowments may be overstated. A more general explanation allows for ‘non-tropical products’ to contribute to the rise and persistence of an elite, and consequently inequality. The focus shifts to the production method used in the dominant industry and the subsequent ability of the elite to extend these benefits to products that were typically not associated with elite formation in other societies (such as wheat). The Cape Colony is used as a case study to show how the arrival of French settlers (with a preference for wine-making) shifted production in South Africa from cattle farming to viticulture
David Johnson
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198183150
- eISBN:
- 9780191673955
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183150.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
This chapter deals with two related issues associated with the public lectures and literary journals at the Cape in the first half of the nineteenth century. First, it reflects on the origins in ...
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This chapter deals with two related issues associated with the public lectures and literary journals at the Cape in the first half of the nineteenth century. First, it reflects on the origins in South African culture of arguments about literary value, and second, it explores how these arguments prepare the way for the institutionalisation of English literature as a subject in school and college curricula at the Cape Colony. The chapter deals with them as one, abstracting four overlapping positions on the social function of literature implicit in the writings of this period. They are the missionary position, the utilitarian position, the romantic position, and the imperial position. The chapter also suggests how they might relate to current arguments about literature in South Africa.Less
This chapter deals with two related issues associated with the public lectures and literary journals at the Cape in the first half of the nineteenth century. First, it reflects on the origins in South African culture of arguments about literary value, and second, it explores how these arguments prepare the way for the institutionalisation of English literature as a subject in school and college curricula at the Cape Colony. The chapter deals with them as one, abstracting four overlapping positions on the social function of literature implicit in the writings of this period. They are the missionary position, the utilitarian position, the romantic position, and the imperial position. The chapter also suggests how they might relate to current arguments about literature in South Africa.
David Johnson
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198183150
- eISBN:
- 9780191673955
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183150.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
This chapter reflects first on how the connection between liberal humanism and colonial racism is formulated in the writings of certain key thinkers of the late nineteenth century in Britain and the ...
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This chapter reflects first on how the connection between liberal humanism and colonial racism is formulated in the writings of certain key thinkers of the late nineteenth century in Britain and the Cape Colony: Matthew Arnold, Langham Dale, and James Cameron. Second, it relates their formulations to one of the central liberal humanist educational projects initiated during this period, namely English studies. It shows that there was no opposition between liberal humanism and colonial racism, and instead existed as compatible elements of a particular world view. All the more reason to refuse the opposition at this time of extraordinary change in South Africa's history, to resist privileging and reinvest in the one term without attending directly and explicitly to the connections between the ‘human’ and the ‘racist’.Less
This chapter reflects first on how the connection between liberal humanism and colonial racism is formulated in the writings of certain key thinkers of the late nineteenth century in Britain and the Cape Colony: Matthew Arnold, Langham Dale, and James Cameron. Second, it relates their formulations to one of the central liberal humanist educational projects initiated during this period, namely English studies. It shows that there was no opposition between liberal humanism and colonial racism, and instead existed as compatible elements of a particular world view. All the more reason to refuse the opposition at this time of extraordinary change in South Africa's history, to resist privileging and reinvest in the one term without attending directly and explicitly to the connections between the ‘human’ and the ‘racist’.
David Johnson
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198183150
- eISBN:
- 9780191673955
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183150.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
Israel Gollancz's lavish collection commemorating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's death, A Book of Homage to Shakespeare, includes homage with words of praise written by Solomon Plaatje, a ...
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Israel Gollancz's lavish collection commemorating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's death, A Book of Homage to Shakespeare, includes homage with words of praise written by Solomon Plaatje, a black South African in London at the time petitioning the British government to intervene in South Africa against racist legislation passed by the Union government. Plaatje's position in both political and cultural terms was complicated, and this chapter reflects on how he negotiated his relationship with the British state and with Shakespeare. It examines Shakespeare in his 1916 form, surveying both the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebrations in England and the Cape Colony, and Shakespeare's deployment in the education system of the Cape in 1916. In addition, the chapter focuses on how different thinkers, like Frantz Fanon and Karl Marx, have tried to make sense of Plaatje's relation with Shakespeare.Less
Israel Gollancz's lavish collection commemorating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's death, A Book of Homage to Shakespeare, includes homage with words of praise written by Solomon Plaatje, a black South African in London at the time petitioning the British government to intervene in South Africa against racist legislation passed by the Union government. Plaatje's position in both political and cultural terms was complicated, and this chapter reflects on how he negotiated his relationship with the British state and with Shakespeare. It examines Shakespeare in his 1916 form, surveying both the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebrations in England and the Cape Colony, and Shakespeare's deployment in the education system of the Cape in 1916. In addition, the chapter focuses on how different thinkers, like Frantz Fanon and Karl Marx, have tried to make sense of Plaatje's relation with Shakespeare.
David Johnson
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198183150
- eISBN:
- 9780191673955
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183150.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
This chapter shows that the figure of the Victorian gentleman critic casts a long shadow over English criticism in the twentieth century, and that all critics writing after World War I define ...
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This chapter shows that the figure of the Victorian gentleman critic casts a long shadow over English criticism in the twentieth century, and that all critics writing after World War I define themselves as in some way trying to occupy the centre vacated by A. C. Bradley and his generation. This applies to critics in England, but with particular force to critics in the Cape Colony. The chapter also shows that the accommodation of dissenting critical voices in the academy has no predictable effect in the practice of English literature teaching at the school level. William Shakespeare occupied a central place in the educational institutions of Britain and the Cape Colony towards the end of the nineteenth century. This asymmetry between high-school and university Shakespeare is taken to be important in securing the relation of minorities to the teaching of English.Less
This chapter shows that the figure of the Victorian gentleman critic casts a long shadow over English criticism in the twentieth century, and that all critics writing after World War I define themselves as in some way trying to occupy the centre vacated by A. C. Bradley and his generation. This applies to critics in England, but with particular force to critics in the Cape Colony. The chapter also shows that the accommodation of dissenting critical voices in the academy has no predictable effect in the practice of English literature teaching at the school level. William Shakespeare occupied a central place in the educational institutions of Britain and the Cape Colony towards the end of the nineteenth century. This asymmetry between high-school and university Shakespeare is taken to be important in securing the relation of minorities to the teaching of English.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the tradition concerning infancy, childhood, and childbirth in Plymouth Colony. Delivery usually took place at home, and tradition has it that the inner room in the familiar ...
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This chapter examines the tradition concerning infancy, childhood, and childbirth in Plymouth Colony. Delivery usually took place at home, and tradition has it that the inner room in the familiar house plan was also known as the borning room, in reference to its special use in times of childbirth. Childbirth attendants were older women who acted the role of midwives. The chapter also discusses the practices of infant care and feeding, and raising children.Less
This chapter examines the tradition concerning infancy, childhood, and childbirth in Plymouth Colony. Delivery usually took place at home, and tradition has it that the inner room in the familiar house plan was also known as the borning room, in reference to its special use in times of childbirth. Childbirth attendants were older women who acted the role of midwives. The chapter also discusses the practices of infant care and feeding, and raising children.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the tradition and practices concerning coming of age in Plymouth Colony. It explains that during the seventeenth century there was no real word for the period of life between ...
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This chapter examines the tradition and practices concerning coming of age in Plymouth Colony. It explains that during the seventeenth century there was no real word for the period of life between puberty and full manhood, and that the term adolescence was coined only about 75 years ago. The chapter discusses the process whereby young people found a calling to a specific occupation.Less
This chapter examines the tradition and practices concerning coming of age in Plymouth Colony. It explains that during the seventeenth century there was no real word for the period of life between puberty and full manhood, and that the term adolescence was coined only about 75 years ago. The chapter discusses the process whereby young people found a calling to a specific occupation.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the individual development in Plymouth Colony from middle to old age. It explains that the colonists left behind no evidence to suggest any turning points in the course of their ...
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This chapter examines the individual development in Plymouth Colony from middle to old age. It explains that the colonists left behind no evidence to suggest any turning points in the course of their lives after the attainment of maturity. The only way to obtain some notion of the basic instincts of the colonists about age and aging involves the matter of officeholding or leadership. The chapter provides statistics concerning the ages of the men who served in various parts of the Colony's government.Less
This chapter examines the individual development in Plymouth Colony from middle to old age. It explains that the colonists left behind no evidence to suggest any turning points in the course of their lives after the attainment of maturity. The only way to obtain some notion of the basic instincts of the colonists about age and aging involves the matter of officeholding or leadership. The chapter provides statistics concerning the ages of the men who served in various parts of the Colony's government.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the family of the Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. From the very beginning of settlement at Plymouth, the family was nuclear in ...
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This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the family of the Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. From the very beginning of settlement at Plymouth, the family was nuclear in its basic composition, and it has not changed in this respect ever since. The typical household usually consists of one adult couple and their own children, and sometimes a servant or aged grandparents. The findings suggest that during this period, the family was considered a school, a vocational institute, a house of correction, and a welfare institute.Less
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the family of the Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. From the very beginning of settlement at Plymouth, the family was nuclear in its basic composition, and it has not changed in this respect ever since. The typical household usually consists of one adult couple and their own children, and sometimes a servant or aged grandparents. The findings suggest that during this period, the family was considered a school, a vocational institute, a house of correction, and a welfare institute.
Elizabeth Boa
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198158196
- eISBN:
- 9780191673283
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198158196.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
The double taboo described in this chapter is the image of the phallus, and in context, the male body as a symbolic and sensual apparatus and entity. Kafka lived at a time in which society was ...
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The double taboo described in this chapter is the image of the phallus, and in context, the male body as a symbolic and sensual apparatus and entity. Kafka lived at a time in which society was male-centric, but in which the prominence of women was well underway. He not only criticized the patriarchal mindset from where he originated but also the emergence of conflicting views towards the male appearance itself. Added to this was the changing of the male image wherein the athletic and lithe youth was favored as the ideal masculine form, yet blurring the line between the two sexes. Kafka modernized the battle between the symbolic and the sensual apparatus, something he wrote of unorthodoxly in The Metamorphosis, wherein Gregor Samsa's father–almost grandfatherly but retaining that symbolic power–comes to blow with his virile son, albeit transformed into an insect. There is much symbolism with regards to Gregor's transformation, and this is heavily discussed in this chapter.Less
The double taboo described in this chapter is the image of the phallus, and in context, the male body as a symbolic and sensual apparatus and entity. Kafka lived at a time in which society was male-centric, but in which the prominence of women was well underway. He not only criticized the patriarchal mindset from where he originated but also the emergence of conflicting views towards the male appearance itself. Added to this was the changing of the male image wherein the athletic and lithe youth was favored as the ideal masculine form, yet blurring the line between the two sexes. Kafka modernized the battle between the symbolic and the sensual apparatus, something he wrote of unorthodoxly in The Metamorphosis, wherein Gregor Samsa's father–almost grandfatherly but retaining that symbolic power–comes to blow with his virile son, albeit transformed into an insect. There is much symbolism with regards to Gregor's transformation, and this is heavily discussed in this chapter.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the family of the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony. It explains the reasons for undertaking this study and discusses the ...
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This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the family of the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony. It explains the reasons for undertaking this study and discusses the voyages and experiences of Pilgrim settlers from Scrooby, England, before they reached the New World. The book examines the Pilgrims' housing, furnishings, family relationships, master-and-servant relations, and coming of age traditions.Less
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the family of the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony. It explains the reasons for undertaking this study and discusses the voyages and experiences of Pilgrim settlers from Scrooby, England, before they reached the New World. The book examines the Pilgrims' housing, furnishings, family relationships, master-and-servant relations, and coming of age traditions.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the housing of Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. There were three major types of Pilgrim houses, which may be distinguished with respect to floor plans and means of ...
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This chapter examines the housing of Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. There were three major types of Pilgrim houses, which may be distinguished with respect to floor plans and means of construction. These include the housing similar to what the English called a cottage, the story-and-a-half buildings, and an enlarged version of the second. The history of domestic architecture in Plymouth is a history of steadily growing diversity, so that by the end of the century the distance between the most humble and the most capacious houses of the colony was quite substantial.Less
This chapter examines the housing of Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. There were three major types of Pilgrim houses, which may be distinguished with respect to floor plans and means of construction. These include the housing similar to what the English called a cottage, the story-and-a-half buildings, and an enlarged version of the second. The history of domestic architecture in Plymouth is a history of steadily growing diversity, so that by the end of the century the distance between the most humble and the most capacious houses of the colony was quite substantial.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the clothing of Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. The clothing in common use among the settlers was surprisingly diverse in terms of type, materials, method of manufacture, ...
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This chapter examines the clothing of Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. The clothing in common use among the settlers was surprisingly diverse in terms of type, materials, method of manufacture, and recognized values. Like household furnishings, clothes represented money in the bank and many of the wealthier people accumulated them in extremely large quantities. Clothing was not only a good investment for a man of some means; it was also a way of demonstrating his standing in the larger community and of confirming his own self-image.Less
This chapter examines the clothing of Pilgrim settlers in Plymouth Colony. The clothing in common use among the settlers was surprisingly diverse in terms of type, materials, method of manufacture, and recognized values. Like household furnishings, clothes represented money in the bank and many of the wealthier people accumulated them in extremely large quantities. Clothing was not only a good investment for a man of some means; it was also a way of demonstrating his standing in the larger community and of confirming his own self-image.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the typical membership of a colonial family in Plymouth Colony. It suggests that small and essentially nuclear families were standard during this period, contrary to the widely ...
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This chapter examines the typical membership of a colonial family in Plymouth Colony. It suggests that small and essentially nuclear families were standard during this period, contrary to the widely held belief that the norm was some sort of extended family, with a variety of kinship connections, all gathered under one roof. An analysis of the 1689 census reveals that a typical household usually had four to six members consisting of head-of-household, wife, children, and servant.Less
This chapter examines the typical membership of a colonial family in Plymouth Colony. It suggests that small and essentially nuclear families were standard during this period, contrary to the widely held belief that the norm was some sort of extended family, with a variety of kinship connections, all gathered under one roof. An analysis of the 1689 census reveals that a typical household usually had four to six members consisting of head-of-household, wife, children, and servant.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the relationship of husband and wife in Plymouth Colony. It attempts to determine the relative positions of men and women in Plymouth and what attributes and overall valuation ...
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This chapter examines the relationship of husband and wife in Plymouth Colony. It attempts to determine the relative positions of men and women in Plymouth and what attributes and overall valuation were thought appropriate to each sex. The chapter mentions a historian's observation that, despite the general framework of masculine superiority, there was improved an legal status for the colonial women compared to those in England.Less
This chapter examines the relationship of husband and wife in Plymouth Colony. It attempts to determine the relative positions of men and women in Plymouth and what attributes and overall valuation were thought appropriate to each sex. The chapter mentions a historian's observation that, despite the general framework of masculine superiority, there was improved an legal status for the colonial women compared to those in England.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines the relationship between parents and children in Plymouth Colony. It explains that the parent-and-child relationship in the colony involved a set of reciprocal obligations. ...
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This chapter examines the relationship between parents and children in Plymouth Colony. It explains that the parent-and-child relationship in the colony involved a set of reciprocal obligations. Children were required to respect their parents, and this requirement was supported by law. On the other hand, the rightful authority of parents was limited in several ways, including the clause of the law relating to extreme and cruel correction.Less
This chapter examines the relationship between parents and children in Plymouth Colony. It explains that the parent-and-child relationship in the colony involved a set of reciprocal obligations. Children were required to respect their parents, and this requirement was supported by law. On the other hand, the rightful authority of parents was limited in several ways, including the clause of the law relating to extreme and cruel correction.
John Demos
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128901
- eISBN:
- 9780199853960
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128901.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter examines master-and-servant relations in Plymouth Colony. It explains that servants in the fullest sense were integrated into the basic day-to-day functioning of the household. Their ...
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This chapter examines master-and-servant relations in Plymouth Colony. It explains that servants in the fullest sense were integrated into the basic day-to-day functioning of the household. Their masters assumed full responsibility for meeting the essential needs of their servants, and Colony Records show that failure to fulfill responsibilities might involve a master in legal proceedings. The duties of a master might also extend beyond the sphere of material wants, particularly in the case of young servants, where education provisions were sometimes written into the indenture deeds.Less
This chapter examines master-and-servant relations in Plymouth Colony. It explains that servants in the fullest sense were integrated into the basic day-to-day functioning of the household. Their masters assumed full responsibility for meeting the essential needs of their servants, and Colony Records show that failure to fulfill responsibilities might involve a master in legal proceedings. The duties of a master might also extend beyond the sphere of material wants, particularly in the case of young servants, where education provisions were sometimes written into the indenture deeds.
