Angry, Fat and Cross – the Unmarried Woman in Early Modern England

Unmarried women in the Post-Mediaeval society occupied a unique position, since it meant to be partially socially and financially independent, but also to waiver certain social rights and privileges that were ordinarily only available to married women. The stereotype of the widow (elderly, destitute, lonely and haggard); superstitions around them and later, the satire found in both print and the wider media as well how historical archaeology can help unveil this preconceptions are explored in this excellent article.

AUTHOR: TOMO OLLIVIER