The History of Families and Households: Comparative European Dimensions : Comparative European Dimensions

The history of family and households has been the subject of intensive research for over a generation. In the 1970s Peter Laslett and others set the agenda with a strong emphasis on geographical differences between northern and southern, eastern and western Europe. Others have challenged this view, pioneering different approaches. This volume takes stock of the field, focussing particularly on family history in South-East Europe in comparison with the rest of Europe. The authors consider what European families have in common, their regional and local differences and changes over time, using the rich and fascinating variety of sources and methods used by family historians today. Contributors include: Guido Alfani, Judit Ambrus, Mirjana V. Bobić, Siegfried Gruber, Peter Guzowski, Violetta Hionidou, Daniela Lombardi, Beatrice Moring, Silvia Sovič, Pat Thane, Alice Velková, Marta Verginella, and Pier Paolo Viazzo. The History Of European Families: Old And New Directions / Silvia Sovič, Pat Thane And Pier Paolo Viazzo -- North European Families In The Past: Family Ties Revisited / Beatrice Moring -- From Modernity To Tradition: Households On Kythera In The Early Nineteenth Century / Violetta Hionidou -- The Reconstruction Of Domestic Communities In The Branković Region Of Serbia In 1455 / Mirjana Bobić -- Variation Within: Regional Differences In Household Structures In Mid-nineteenth Century Rural Serbia / Siegfried Gruber -- Women's Reputation And Marriage Disputes In Protestant And Catholic Europe, 1500-1800 / Daniela Lombardi -- The Reformation, The Council Of Trent And The Divergence Of Spiritual Kinship And Godparenthood Across Europe: A Long-run Analysis / Guido Alfani -- Household Structure In The Nineteenth Century In A Transylvanian Village / Judit Ambrus -- Old Age In The Life Cycle Of Polish Peasants At The Turn Of The Middle Ages / Piotr Guzowski -- Succession Choices Of Small Farmers And Women Farmers' Wills In The Area Around Trieste In The Nineteenth Century / Marta Verginella -- Inheritance Practice And The Elderly In Central Europe: The Example Of Western Bohemia, 1700-1850 / Alice Velková. Edited By Silvia Sovič, Pat Thane, And Pier Paolo Viazzo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 1 Silvia Sovič, Pat Thane and Pier Paolo Viazzo: The History of European Families: Old and New Directions Part 1: Commonalities and Diversities 2 Beatrice Moring: North European Families in the Past: Family Ties Revisited 3 Violetta Hionidou: From Modernity to Tradition: Households on Kythera in the Early Nineteenth Century 4 Mirjana Bobić: The Reconstruction of Domestic Communitie sin the Branković Region of Serbia in 1455 5 Siegfried Gruber: Variation Within: Regional Differences in Household Structures in Mid-Nineteenth Century Rural Serbia Part 2: Church, State and Family 6 Daniela Lombardi: Women’s Reputation and Marriage Disputes in Protestant and Catholic Europe, 1500–1800 7 Guido Alfani: The Reformation, the Council of Trent and the Divergence of Spiritual Kinship and Godparenthood across Europe: A Long-run Analysis 8 Judit Ambrus: Household Structure in the Nineteenth Century in a Transylvanian Village Part 3: Family Strategies 9 Piotr Guzowski: Old Age in the Life Cycle of Polish Peasants at the Turn of the Middle Ages 10 Marta Verginella: Succession Choices of Small Farmers and Women Farmers’ Wills in the Area around Trieste in the Nineteenth Century 11 Alice Velková: Inheritance Practice and the Elderly in Central Europe: The Example of Western Bohemia, 1700–1850 The history of family and households has been the subject of intensive research for over a generation. In the 1970s Peter Laslett and others set the agenda with a strong emphasis on geographical differences between northern and southern, eastern and western Europe. Others have challenged this view, pioneering different approaches. This volume takes stock of the field, focussing particularly on family history in South-East Europe in comparison with the rest of Europe. The authors consider what European families have in common, their regional and local differences and changes over time, using the rich and fascinating variety of sources and methods used by family historians today. Contributors include: Guido Alfani, Judit Ambrus, Mirjana V. Bobic¿¿, Siegfried Gruber, Peter Guzowski, Violetta Hionidou, Daniela Lombardi, Beatrice Moring, Silvia Sovic¿¿, Pat Thane, Alice Velkova¿¿, Marta Verginella, and Pier Paolo Viazzo