Family and Kinship in England, 1450-1800Longman, 2001 - 155 páginas There are many different views as to how the family evolved in early modern England. Designed to stimulate interest in a fascinating and important topic, Family and Kinship in England, 1450-1800 offers an important and timely synthesis of the various arguments and provides answers to the questions they raise. While historians have made the history of family life in the past a key area of scholarly study, the diversity of methods, sources, areas of interest and conclusions this has produced, have made it one of the most difficult for readers to approach. The aim of this book is to provide a guide to understanding families in the past. It also gives a clear introduction to many of the intriguing areas of study that this field of history has opened up, including childhood, youth, marriage, sexuality and death. It provides clear signposts to how readers can pursue these and other topics. Through documents and illustrations it allows readers to begin to participate in the understanding of the history of family life which has determined the shape of own experiences of family life in the modern world. |
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... significantly re- vise his system of classification in the recent second edition of his booklet . But perhaps it is necessary to reconsider whether there have been any significant new approaches which have developed in the last decade ...
... significant . The number of kin remained the same for each individual . What were important were the ways in which ... significant relationships could be formed . This raises the issue of which circumstances made kin significant or ...
... significant than that of a man , whose reputation was usually more concerned with financial honesty and a willingness and ability to honour debts [ 148 ] . As a result , even though women may have had a certain social prominence and ...
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APPROACHING THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY 357 | 3 |
EMOTIONAL LIFE 12 2222 2222 383 3 3 3 | 12 |
RESIDENCE AND REPRODUCTION | 21 |
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