In the early modern age
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In the early modern age
（A cultural history of childhood and family / general editors, Elizabeth Foyster and James Marten, v. 3）
Berg, 2010
English ed
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A cultural history of childhood and family in the early modern age
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Publisher's name varies: Bloomsbury Academic
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-239) and index
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Description
The period spanning the 15th to the 17th centuries saw an unprecedented interest in childrearing and the family. Renaissance humanist thought valued the education of children while promoting the family as a mirror of a well-ordered society, based on class, gender, and age hierarchies. Protestant and Catholic reformers and state-sponsored disciplinary measures further reinforced authority within the family, with marriage seen as a primary instrument for moralizing sexual customs.
The proliferation of printed books and artworks representing the family popularized models of domestic life across Europe and its newly acquired colonies. At the same time, high mortality, repeated wars, poverty, increased migration, and geographical mobility severely undermined these idealized notions of family and childhood, giving rise to a wide range of unconventional and highly unstable households.
A Cultural History of Childhood and Family in the Early Modern Age presents essays on family relationships, community, economy, geography and the environment, education, life cycle, the state, faith and religion, health and science, and world contexts.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Sandra Cavallo (Royal Holloway, UK) and Silvia Evangelisti (University of East Anglia, UK)
1 Family Relationships
Sandra Cavallo (Royal Holloway, UK)
2 Community
Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ISRAEL)
3 Economy
Cordelia Beattie (University of Edinburgh, UK)
4 Geography and the Environment
Marta Ajmar-Wollheim (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK)
5 Education
Anna Bellavitis (University of Rouen, FRANCE)
6 Life Cycle
Philippa Maddern and Stephanie Tarbin (both University of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA)
7 The State
Julie Hardwick (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
8 Faith and Religion
Silvia Evangelisti (University of East Anglia,UK)
9 Health and Science
Susan Broomhall (University of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA)
10 World Contexts
James Casey (formerly University of East Anglia, UK)
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