Bibliograph

Family forms in historic Europe, edited by Richard Wall in collaboration with Jean Robin and Peter Laslett of the SSRC Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure

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Family forms in historic Europe, edited by Richard Wall in collaboration with Jean Robin and Peter Laslett of the SSRC Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Family forms in historic Europe

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1180888340

Responsibility statement

edited by Richard Wall in collaboration with Jean Robin and Peter Laslett of the SSRC Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

The family forms of historic Europe have been fascinating in their variety. Their importance for the historical development of our continent would be difficult to exaggerate; for our relationship with the peoples of the other continents of the world as well. This book is an attempt to recover the different familial systems and compare them with one another. The studies range from Russia, Poland, Hungary and Austria to Scandinavia, Flanders and Britain. All the influences which have affected the character and composition of European households are taken into account. The analysis covers their function as productive work groups, in the procreation and bringing up of children, and in the support of the elderly, and their relationship with the wider society and its norms along with its political organization, central and local. Claims that inheritance customs and inheritance practice and the occupation of the household head exerted a powerful influence on the size and composition of households are subjected to rigorous and systematic investigation.--, Provided by publisher

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