Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 216–17.

Old Customs and Manners. By John Aubrey, 1678

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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

John Aubrey

Subjects:

Education, Gender, Medical Practitioners


    Observes that 'there were very few free schools in England before the reformation', and that 'young women had their education [...] at nunneries, where they learnt needle-work, confectionery, surgery, physic, (apothecaries and surgeons being at that time very rare,) writing, drawing, &c.' (216).



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