The English Family 1450 - 1700

ISBN-13: 9780582490451 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 280 str.

Ralph A. Houlbrooke; R. Houlbrooke

Opis

Ralph Houlbrooke's study is a contribution to debates on the family. Drawing on evidence including letters, diaries and witness statements in court cases, he reveals the attitudes and aspirations of all levels of society and challenges the fashionable notion that the years between 1450-1700 saw major changes in family structure.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction.  2. Enduring pattern and forces of change.  3. Family and kindred.  4. The making of marriage.  5. Husband and wife.  6. Parents and children: infancy and childhood.  7. Parents and children: adolescence and beyond.  8. Death and the broken family.  9. Inheritance.  10. Conclusion.  Select bibliography of secondary works.  Index.

O autorze

Ralph A. Houlebrooke