Conclusion
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Abstract This concluding chapter draws together the themes of service that have been explored in the book and reflects on their historiographical significance. It returns to the four women with whom the book began and the simple question posed in the Introduction: who were these servants? The book reflects on the variability of experiences of service for women and concludes that what it meant to be a servant was in flux. At its core, all ‘servant’ signified was a labour relationship. In showing such variability, the chapter concludes that many of the social and legal mechanisms – household patriarchy and labour laws, for example – that underpinned service did not function as hoped. The chapter shows that even servants whose experiences appear typical (such as life-cycle servants) ultimately resist the tropes of service that have come to dominate scholarship.
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Charmian Mansell
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