Family Life in the Seventeenth Century: The Verneys of Claydon House

ISBN-13: 9781032462738 / Angielski

Miriam Slater

Opis

Originally published in 1984, in this pioneering study of the Verney family, based on more than 10,000 family letters and papers, Professor Miriam Slater shows how a family of country gentry lived and behaved in a time of political and social crisis. Most of their energies were directed within the family.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Introduction: The Verney Family Correspondence.  1. A History of the Family in the Seventeenth Century  2. Family Relationships  3. Marriage: The Male Perspective  4. Marriage: The Female Perspective  5. Children, Servants and Parents  6. Conclusion.  Bibliography.  Table: The Verney Family Genealogy.  Index.

O autorze

Miriam Slater