The European Family: Patriarchy to Partnership from the Middle Ages to the Present
Michael Mitterauer|Reinhard Sieder
The social history of the European family from Middle Ages to present is examined with an emphasis on data derived research Central Europe. It argued that there has been a gradual transformation unit characterized by patriarchy one essentially partnership relatively independent individuals overlapping roles. authors begin as concept and various types familial structures in Chapters changes composition size cycle lead study functions family. Patriarchal structure treated such way take account its dependence economic conditions. second half book deals relationships within family: first place young people then relationship between spouses finally position elderly. This revised version work originally published German 1977. (EXCERPT)
Journal of Interdisciplinary History