FAMILY FORMS IN HISTORIC EUROPE by Richard Wall ( 9780521091305 )

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FAMILY FORMS IN HISTORIC EUROPE

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Richard Wall

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0521091306

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2008

Pages:

620

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This book is an attempt to recover the different familial systems and compare them with one another.

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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.

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