Inside London’s Bridewell: Setting the Poor to Work, 1550-1700

Joanna Innes, ‘Prisons for the poor: English bridewells, 1555-1800’ in F. Snyder and D. Hay (eds), Labour, law and crime: a historical perspective (1987), 42-122

Paul Griffiths, Information, Institutions and Local Government in England, 1500-1700: Turning Inside (Oxford, 2024), ch. 4.

Date: 17 October 2024, 17:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue:
Lincoln College
Turl Street OX1 3DR
See location on maps.ox

Details: Oakeshott Room, and online via Microsoft Teams
Speaker: Dr Ian Archer (Keble College)
Organising department: Faculty of History
Part of: Early Modern Britain Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark