The Life Stories of Servants
Keywords:
domestic service rules, living conditions, 18th century, 19th century, identity, social questionsAbstract
The first part of the article will examine domestic service legislation and its development in the 18th century, which was marked by a transition from the Aristotelian perception of domestic service as the foundation of early Modern Age society into the era of the absolutist state and its concept of a strong police force. The second part will feature the identities and then reconstructions of the destinies and life stories of various domestic servants from both cities and the countryside. It is particularly notable that their life stories were recorded at different stages of their lives. These stories from the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century reflect both the personal as well as attributed identities of domestic servants.
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