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Family and household in medieval England / Peter Fleming.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fleming, Peter, 1958-
- Series:
- Social history in perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--England--History--To 1500.
- Families.
- Households--England--History--To 1500.
- Households.
- History.
- England--Social life and customs--1066-1485.
- England.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 162 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave, 2001.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Marriage Making 6
- Marriage in Theory and Law 6
- Age at First Marriage 19
- Coercion and Freedom of Choice 23
- Marriage Strategies 31
- Marriage Settlements 36
- The Ordering of Marriage 43
- Chapter 2 Family Life 53
- Husbands and Wives 53
- Parents and Children 59
- Family Size 65
- Leaving Home 70
- Servants 72
- Kinship 76
- Chapter 3 The Dissolution of Marriage and its Consequences 80
- Annulment and Separation 80
- Widows and Widowers 83
- Wardship 102
- Inheritance 110
- Retirement 122.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333610784
- 0333610792
- OCLC:
- 44669520
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