Beloved Children : History of Aristocratic Childhood in Hungary in the Early Modern Age / ed. by Katalin Peter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peter, Katalin, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Drawing on evidence from a wide collection of surviving family papers, Beloved Children is a valuable contribution to literature available concerning childhood history in pre-industrial Central Europe. With the aid of detailed case studies, the volume illustrates every aspect of Hungarian childhood in the early modern age from a variety of contrasting perspectives—birth, care, education, marriage, orphanhood and death. The book also includes a unique portrayal of family life in the Hungarian aristocracy. Beloved Children is a comprehensive study examining topics such as family intimacy, paternal and maternal attitudes, providing the reader with a valuable insight into a child’s life in Hungary during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SOME PRELIMINARIES BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF LIFE

CHAPTER 2 ORPHANS OF NOBLE BIRTH

CHAPTER 3 COUNT ÁDÁM BATTHYÁNY I AND HIS CHILDREN

CHAPTER 4 THE MARRIAGE POLICY OF THE ESTERHAZY FAMILY AFTER THE DEATH OF PALATINE MIKLÓS

GENEALOGICAL TABLES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)

ISBN:

963-386-512-3