Ties That Bind - Siblings, Family, and Society in Early Modern England

The Ties that Bind is the first study to examine the place of brothers and sister in family life, and in society, in England during the Early Modern period. By exploring the bonds between contemporaries ¿ such as Samuel Pepys ¿ and their siblings, The Ties that Bind sheds new light on this familiar familial relationship.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part One


• 1: The Experience of Childhood


• 2: Fraternal Bonds


• 3: Across the Gender Divide


• 4: The Sisters' World


• 5: Stephchildren, Half Siblings, and the Illegitimate


• 6: Siblings and Salvation


• Part Two


• 7: William Stout: Siblings and Support


• 8: Samuel Pepys: Care and Control


• 9: Alice Thornton and Dorothy Osborne: Troubles with Brothers


• 10: James Yonge and John Cannon: Favouritism and Sibling Rivalry


• 11: Roger North and his Siblings: the Ties that Bind


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

After completing his masters and doctorate at the University of Oxford, Bernard Capp went on to teach at the University of Warwick for almost half a century. He has written books on a wide range of early modern English topics including the family, gender, radical movements in the English Revolution, the impact of puritan rule during the interregnum, astrological almanacs, popular literature, and the Cromwellian navy. His Festschrift, The Extraordinary and the Everyday in Early Modern England, was published in 2010.

Summary

The Ties that Bind is the first study to examine the place of brothers and sister in family life, and in society, in England during the Early Modern period. By exploring the bonds between contemporaries -- such as Samuel Pepys -- and their siblings, The Ties that Bind sheds new light on this familiar familial relationship.

Additional text

This engaging study of early modern English siblings delves into private and public relationships and how they were affected by individual personalities facing the socioeconomic, religious, and political turmoil of the time. Capp draws on a lifetime of scholarship and an extensive array of sources, including geographies, letters, journals, plays, wills, depositions, and parish records [...] Summing Up: Highly recommended.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Capp, Bernard (Emeritus Professor of History Capp, Capp Bernard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780198823384
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882338-4
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Siblings, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Sociology: family & relationships, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Sociology: family and relationships, History and Archaeology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700