Sibling Relations and the Transformations of European Kinship, 1300-1900 (English, Christopher H. Johnson | David Warren Sabean)

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Recently considerable interest has developed about the degree to which anthropological approaches to kinship can be used for the study of the long-term development of European history. From the late middle ages to the dawn of the twentieth century, kinship - rather than declining, as is often assumed - was twice reconfigured in dramatic ways and became increasingly significant as a force in historical change, with remarkable similarities across E…

ISBN: 9781845457693