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The ties that bind : siblings, family, and society in early modern England / Bernard Capp

Capp, Bernard, 1943- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

First edition

Oxford : Oxford University Press, August 2018

1 Online-Ressource (222 Seiten)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: The ties that bind / Capp, Bernard (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-186209-0 ( : ebook (No price))

978-0-19-882338-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1051249014     

Elektronische Ressource: R; OUP (OPAC-Hinweis:Oxford scholarship online) (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/oso/9780198823384.001.0001

NN 4040      Ähnliche Literatur

HQ759.96

306.87509420903

Basisklassifikation: 71.21 (Familie; Verwandtschaft) <Soziologie> ; 15.64 (Großbritannien; Irland) <Geschichte>

*England ; Geschwister ; Familie ; Gesellschaft ; Geschichte 1600-1800     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Brothers and sisters -- England -- History -- 17th century

The family is a major area of scholarly research and public debate. Many studies have explored the English family in the 16th and 17th centuries, focusing on husbands and wives, parents and children. 'The Ties that Bind' explores in depth the other key dimension: the place of brothers and sisters in family life, and in society. Moralists urged mutual love and support between siblings, but recognized that sibling rivalry was a common and potent force. The widespread practice of primogeniture made England distinctive. The eldest son inherited most of the estate and with it, a moral obligation to advance the welfare of his brothers and sisters. 'The Ties that Bind' explores how this operated in practice, and shows how the resentment of younger brothers and sisters made sibling relationships a heated issue in this period, in family life, in print, and also on the stage