The Clothing of the Common Sort, 1570-1700 (Pasold Studies in Textile History)

She is currently employed as an independent lecturer & researcher, & as a tutor for the WEA. For most of her life she was an Oblate of the Anglican Benedictine Nunnery at West Malling, Kent. Susan is married & has two children & one grandchild. Her son is the author, Francis Spufford. Margaret was married to Peter Spufford, Emeritus Professor of European History at the University of Cambridge. Margaret Spufford, Formerly Research Professor in Social and Lo

(1st Class), MA (Dist.), Ph.D is a Social Historian who specialises in the History of Textiles & Dress. Litt.D. In 1995 Margaret began the British Academy Hearth Tax project & by the time of her death in 2014 eight large county volumes had been published. About the AuthorMargaret Spufford, Formerly Research Professor in Social and Local History, University of Roehampton,Susan Mee, Independant Scholar, Tutor for the WEAMargaret Spufford O.B.E., M.A., Ph.D., Litt.D., Hon. Her research interests include the textiles & dress of the 16th to 18th centuries, & the Art Deco period (c.1909-1939). (Keele), F.R.Hist.S., F.B.A. She lives in Suffolk.. Her son is the author, Francis Spufford. Susan is married & has two children & one grandchild. Margaret was married to Peter Spufford, Emeritus Professor of European History at the University of Cambridge. was a Social Historian of early modern England whose reputation was made by a series of pioneering books & artic

But it leaves out almost all of the clothes worn by almost all of the population.The Clothing of the Common Sort focuses on the clothing of children and young adults of the "common sort" during the period 1570 to 1700--the sons and daughters of "ordinary" people going about their daily lives in towns and villages across England. In so doing, it uncovers evidence of the myriad tradesmen, craftsmen, artisans and "women with a needle" who were involved in the production and dissemination of clothing and accessories in towns and villages across England in the late 16th and 17th centuries.. The volume also examines the acquisi