The Rise of the Egalitarian Family

The Rise of the Egalitarian Family PDF Author: Randolph Trumbach
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483220478
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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Book Description
The Rise of the Egalitarian Family: Aristocratic Kinship and Domestic Relations in Eighteenth-Century England illustrates the two major changes that the European family has undergone in the thousand years of its history. The book discusses kindred and patrilineage; settlement and marriage; as well as patriarchy and domesticity. The text also describes childbearing; the relationship of mothers and infants; fathers and children relationship. Moralists, historians, and people interested in this type of writing will find the book invaluable.