Ancestors : The Loving Family in Old Europe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ozment, Steven E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Europe--Historiography.

Families.

Families--Europe--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This powerful book extends and completes a project begun with Steven Ozment's When Fathers Ruled (Harvard). Here Ozment, the leading historian of the family in the middle centuries, replaces the often miserable depiction of premodern family relations with a delicately nuanced portrait of a vibrant and loving social group.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Structure and Sentiment

2. A Gendered View of Family Life

3. Rebuilding the Premodern Family

4. The Omnipresent Child

5. Parental Advice

6. Family Archives

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780674041738

0674041739

OCLC:

1312726215