The family, sex and marriage in England, 1500-1800

The family, sex and marriage in England, 1500-1800 /

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During the period 1500 - 1800 there were massive changes in world social and cultural systems, and the family unit as we recognize it today came into being. The emphasis on the individual, the right to personal freeedoms and the desire for privacy developed during this period and were symptomatic of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone, Lawrence
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper & Row, 1979.
Edition:Abridged ed.
Series:Harper torchbooks
Subjects:
Families > England > History.
Marriage > England > History.
Sex customs > England > History.
Familles > Angleterre > Histoire.
Mariage > Angleterre > Histoire.
Vie sexuelle > Angleterre > Histoire.
Sex customs
Families.
Manners and customs.
Marriage.
Gezin.
Huwelijk.
Sociale verandering.
Families > Great Britain > History.
Sex customs > Great Britain > History.
Marriage > Great Britain > History.
England > Social life and customs > History.
England > Social life and customs > Sources.
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > Sources.
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > Histoire.
England.
Great Britain > Social life and customs.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Problems, methods and definitions
  • The demographic facts
  • Family characteristics
  • The decline of kinship, clientage and community
  • The reinforcement of patriarchy
  • The growth of affective individualism
  • Mating arrangements
  • The companionate marriage
  • Parent-child relations
  • Upper-class attitudes and behaviour
  • Gentlemanly sexual behaviour: Pepys and Boswell
  • Plebian sexual behaviour
  • Facts, interpretations, and post-1800 developments.

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