Family and Kinship in England 1450-1800 (Seminar Studies)

Chronology -- Who's who -- Part One. Introduction: Methods and structures -- Approaching the history of the family -- Emotional life -- Residence and reproduction -- Life cycle and economy -- Kinship -- Culture and context -- Part Two. Analysis: The pattern of family life -- Independence and family formation -- Sex and sexualities -- Marriage -- Parents and children -- Growing up -- Death and burial -- Broken families -- Part Three. Assessment: Continuity and change -- The impact of ideas on family life -- Economic change -- The family and kinship in perspective -- Part Four. Documents -- Glossary Cover Title Copyright Contents List of figures Acknowledgements Chronology Who's who PART I Introduction – methods and structures 1 Approaching the history of the family Social history and family history Family or families? Approaches and definitions 2 Emotional life Affection and emotion Individualism The rise of the nuclear family 3 Residence and reproduction Residence Reproduction Population 4 Life cycle and economy Life course and life cycle Resources and roles Inheritance 5 Kinship The kinship system Relationships with distant kin Diversity 6 Culture and context Gender Sexuality Popular culture PART II Analysis – the pattern of family life 7 Independence and family formation The problem of youth Service and apprenticeship Courtship 8 Sex and sexualities Attitudes to sex Sexual activity Other sexualities and genders 9 Marriage The marriage model The marriage rite Married life 10 Parents and children Having children Infants The experience of childhood 11 Growing up Siblings Children and work Education, discipline and abuse 12 Death and burial Mortality Burial and commemoration Afterlife 13 Broken families Widows, widowers and orphans Disability Old age PART III Assessment – continuity and change 14 The impact of ideas on family life Humanism The Reformation The Enlightenment 15 Economic change Proletarianisation Proto-industrialisation Urbanisation 16 The family and kinship in perspective Ideology Continuity and change Structural change and adaptability PART IV Documents 1 Margaret Paston's letter to her son John, 15 November 1463 2 The notebook of Nehemiah Wallington, 1625-26 3 The autobiography of Alice Thornton, 1668 4 Selections from the household census for Bilston, Staffordshire, 1695 5 Extracts from the burial register of St Michael le Belfrey, York, 1581 6 Hearth tax returns, Peter-le-Willows, the City of York, 1665-74 7 The will of Bray Rolfe, gentleman, 1607 8 Archbishop Parker's Table of Kindred and Affinity, 1563 9 Constitutions and Canons of the Church of England, 1603 10 Deposition before the mayor and aldermen of Norwich, 1563 11 The diary of Ralph Josselin, on his youth and courtship, 1639-40 12 Deposition of Bridget Pakeman in a defamation suit before the Essex Archdeacon's Court, 1570 13 The court rolls of Acomb, York, 1575 14 Paper in the Michaelmass Sessions Roll, Essex Archdeacon's Court, 1583 15 Thomas Becon, David's Harp: The Seventh String, 1542 16 Richard Baxter, The Poor Man's Family Book, 1674 17 Richard Gough, The History of Myddle, 1702 18 Nicholas Culpeper, A Directory for Midwives, 1651 19 A Caveat for Young Men, or The Bad Husband Turn'd Thirsty, c. 1650 20 Gervase Holles, Memorials of the Holles Family, 1656 21 Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, 1580 22 John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693 23 Mary Robinson, A Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination, 1799 24 A letter to the Master of the Rolls, from the Privy Council, 1590 25 Daniel Defoe, A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain, 1726 Glossary Guide to further reading Index Family and Kinship in England 1450-1800 guides the reader through the changing relationships that made up the nature of family life from the late medieval period to the beginnings of industrialisation. It gives a clear introduction to many of the intriguing areas of interest that this field of history has opened up, including childhood, youth, marriage, sexuality and death. This book introduces the elements that made up family life at different stages of its development, from creation to dissolution, and traces the degree to which family life in England changed throughout the early modern period. It also provides a valuable synthesis of the debates and research on the history of the family, highlighting the different ways historians have investigated the topic in the past. This new edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest research on urban communities, emotions and interactions between the family and the parish, town and state. Supported by a range of compelling primary source documents, a glossary of terms, a chronology and a who's who of key characters, this is an essential resource for any student of the history of the family. "Family and Kinship in England, 1450-1800 guides the reader through the changing relationships that made up the nature of family life from the late medieval period to the beginnings of industrialisation. It gives a clear introduction to many of the intriguing areas of interest that this field of history has opened up, including childhood, youth, marriage, sexuality and death. This new edition now includes the latest research on urban communities, emotions and the interactions between the family and the parish, town and state. Supported by primary source documents and a glossary of terms this is an essential resource for any student of the history of the family"--Provided by publisher