Affectionate authorities : fathers and fatherly roles in late medieval Basel / Philip Grace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grace, Philip David, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fatherhood--Switzerland--Basel--History.

Fatherhood.

Father and child--Switzerland--Basel--History.

Father and child.

History.

Switzerland--Basel.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 186 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]

Contents:

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: harnessing fatherhood

The setting and sources: basel around 1500

Fathers and guardians : fosterage and fatherly provision

Fathers and testators : inheritance and dowry as fatherly provision

Fathers and masters : vocational training as provision and education

Fathers and mothers : moral discipline and example

Fathers and tutors : fathers in competition with formal educators

Appropriating fatherly speech : the case of Jakob Wimpfeling

Appropriating fatherly discipline : the case of Jerome Emser

Appropriating fatherly authority : the case of Johannes Heidelberg

Conclusion: harnessing fatherhood before and after the reformation

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472445544

1472445546

OCLC:

893317041