Family Life in the Middle Ages

by Linda E. Mitchell

Book Overview

Mitchell takes a regional approach in exploring the lives of families in the Middle Ages. Starting with the late Roman families the first five chapters explore the roles of family members defined by tradition and law, what constituted a legal marriage and a family, to whom the children belonged, and who was included in the extended family. The remaining chapters delve into daily family life - homes of various social classes and the division of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031333630X
• ISBN13: 9780313336300
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"