This collection of essays contains a wealth of information on the nature of the family in the early modern period. This is a core topic within economic and soci

This book attempts both to take stock of directions in the field and to suggest alternative perspectives on some central aspects of the period.

This text provides an assessment of the most important research published in the past three decades on the English family.

The family is a major area of scholarly research and public debate. Many studies have explored the English family in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, fo

Provides a full, detailed picture of the life of an aristocratic family in early modern England.