Family and Household in Medieval England

Download or read book Family and Household in Medieval England written by Peter Fleming and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2001-01-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family and Household in Medieval England discusses the history of family life in England from c. 1066 to c. 1530, drawing upon both primary sources and a wide range of secondary literature. After a discussion of the family in theory and law from late classical times, the book traces the development of the family in this period by following a "life-cycle" approach, from marriage, through childbirth, to the dissolution of marriage by death or separation.