Beloved Children - History of Childhood in Hungary in the Early Modern Age

Klappentext Drawing on evidence from a wide collection of surviving family papers! Beloved Children is a comprehensive study examining topics such as family intimacy! paternal and maternal attitudes! providing the reader with a valuable insight into a child's life in Hungary during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.With the aid of case studies! the volume illustrates every aspect of Hungarian childhood in the early modern age from a variety of perspectives birth! care! education! marriage! orphanhood and death. The book also includes a unique portrayal of family life in the Hungarian aristocracy.

Product details

• Authors: K. Peter, Katalin Peter
• Assisted by: Katalin Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Central european university pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2000
• EAN: 9789639116771
• ISBN: 978-963-9116-77-1
• No. of pages: 180
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History