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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2025

Jane Whittle ,
Mark Hailwood ,
Hannah Robb  and
Taylor Aucoin
Jane Whittle
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Mark Hailwood
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Hannah Robb
Affiliation:
Birkbeck, University of London
Taylor Aucoin
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England , pp. ix - xii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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The data in all tables should be assumed to be unfiltered (by information status) and unadjusted (by the female multiplier) unless otherwise stated in the table ‘notes’.

  1. 1.1Social/occupational status of male deponents in the dataset

  2. 1.2Overview of the sample

  3. 1.3Tasks by court, region, and time period

  4. 1.4Tasks by case type

  5. 1.5Gender division of labour by category, unadjusted

  6. 1.6Gender division of labour by category, female multiplier applied

  7. 1.7Distribution of tasks across categories

  8. 1.8Information status by category

  9. 1.9Male and female repertoires compared, integral excluded

  10. 1.10Work repertoires by court

  11. 1.11Changes in repertoires over time

  12. 2.1Work tasks performed ‘for another’

  13. 2.2Work tasks performed ‘for another’ by work category

  14. 2.3Work tasks per age group

  15. 2.4Women’s lifecycle repertoires

  16. 2.5Women’s lifecycle repertoires: top subcategories

  17. 2.6Men’s lifecycle repertoires

  18. 2.7Work performed ‘for another’ by age group

  19. 2.8Women’s repertoires by marital status

  20. 2.9Women’s work performed ‘for another’ by marital status

  21. 2.10Social/occupational status of male actors in the dataset

  22. 2.11Male actors’ occupations by sector

  23. 2.12Sectoral distribution of tasks

  24. 2.13Sectoral distribution of tasks performed ‘for another’

  25. 2.14Sectoral distribution of ‘for another’ tasks excluding carework and housework

  26. 2.15Male repertoires by social/occupational status

  27. 2.16Work repertoires of certain artisans

  28. 2.17Proportion of types of work performed by male occupational groups

  29. 2.18Work repertoires of wives of certain occupations

  30. 2.19Largest subcategories (25+ tasks) for labourers, husbandmen, and male servants

  31. 2.20Work repertoires for servants

  32. 2.21Proportion of work tasks ‘for another’ by occupation (male)

  33. 3.1Gender division of labour by region

  34. 3.2Work repertoires by region

  35. 3.3Regional differences in agricultural work tasks

  36. 3.4Rural and urban work repertoires by task location and worker residence

  37. 3.5Women’s rural and urban work repertoires compared, by residence of worker

  38. 3.6Intra-parish tasks vs inter-parish tasks, by gender

  39. 3.7Intra-parish and inter-parish repertoires

  40. 3.8Inter-parish task distances (one way)

  41. 3.9The proportion of work tasks located in different spaces

  42. 3.10Gender and workspaces

  43. 4.1Sources of evidence for worktime-use

  44. 4.2Gender division of seasonal work: top categories and subcategories by quarter

  45. 4.3Agricultural and craft occupations (male): top two categories and task distribution per quarter

  46. 4.4Sabbath work: comparing weekday repertoires and gender division of labour

  47. 4.5Workdays vs holy days: comparing repertoires and gender division of labour

  48. 4.6Prevalence of work on different types of holy day

  49. 4.7Tasks per phase of day

  50. 4.8Work categories peak vs off-peak hours

  51. 4.9Occupational groups peak vs off-peak hours

  52. 5.1The location of housework

  53. 5.2Gender division of labour in food and drink preparation

  54. 5.3Housework undertaken ‘for another’

  55. 5.4Carework undertaken ‘for another’

  56. 6.1The most common farm-based work tasks

  57. 6.2Agricultural repertoires of types of male farm workers

  58. 6.3Agricultural repertoires of different types of women

  59. 6.4Gender division of labour in the grain harvest

  60. 6.5Gender division of labour in processing of field crops

  61. 6.6Gender division of labour in making alcoholic drinks

  62. 6.7Gender division of labour in animal husbandry

  63. 6.8Gendered patterns in cattle farming

  64. 6.9Gendered patterns in sheep farming

  65. 6.10Gender division of labour in collecting fuel and gathering food

  66. 7.1Work repertoires of male servants and apprentices compared

  67. 7.2Crafts and construction: spatial dynamics

  68. 7.3Gender division of labour and location of textile production

  69. 7.4Gender division of labour and location of clothing and shoemaking

  70. 8.1Types of goods bought and sold, by gender

  71. 8.2Women’s commercial and financial tasks by marital status

  72. 8.3Gender division of labour in commerce and finance comparing creditors and debtors

  73. 8.4Locations of commercial and financial tasks, by gender

  74. 8.5Detailed locations of commercial and financial tasks

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