Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England

by Avril Henry, Joel Thomas Rosenthal, Joel T. Rosenthal

Book Overview

There are, contends Joel Rosenthal, two suppositions that have achieved almost full and unquestionable acceptance in contemporary social history and family studies. The first is that at any given time in any given culture one particular form or model of the family dominates; the second is that historical changes in the family operate in a single and compelling direction.

In Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812230728
• ISBN13: 9780812230727
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"