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Act One: At Court

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Act Two: At Home

Act Three: At Work and At Play

Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls

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20124.0

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Act Two: At Home

Season 1 · Episode 2 · May 29, 2012

Lucy Worsley explores the ordinary as well as the extraordinary lives of women in the home. This was an age when respectable women were defined by their marital status as maids, wives or widows. If they fell outside these categories they were in danger of being labelled whores or, at worst, witches. While history has left many women voiceless over the centuries, Lucy discovers that in the Restoration a surprising number of women were beginning to question their roles in relationship to their husbands, their position in the home, their attitudes to sex and, most importantly, the expectation to produce children. Meeting a host of experts and experiencing what life was like behind closed doors, Lucy explores whether their lives changed for better or worse during the second half of the 17th century.

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Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls

TV Series

20124.0

Documentary

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Act Two: At Home

Season 1 · Episode 2 · May 29, 2012

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