| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Frontcover; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction: A multiple-plot late-Renaissance drama: a midland gentry family, the Temples of Stowe, Buckinghamshire; Part One The early Temples of Stowe and Burton Dassett; Introduction; 1 Meet the Temples; 2 The geographical and social connections of the Temples of Stowe; 3 How the Temples interacted with changing rules of inheritance; Part Two Partnership; Introduction. Hester and Thomas Temple: their partnership, c. 1585-1637; 4 Thomas and Hester Temple's partnership |
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5 After the fall, 1629-16376 The Temples and their servants; 7 Hester's widowhood, 1637-1656; 8 Early modern wives; Part Three Caring for siblings; Introduction. Responsibility for siblings; 9 The case of John and Mary Farmer; 10 The strange case of Peter the Lunatic; Part Four Relations with daughters, daughters-in-law, wards and grandchildren; Introduction; 11 Relations with daughters from birth to marriage; 12 Daughters, daughters-in-law and granddaughters; 13 Care of wards; 14 The Temples and the abusive marriage of Sir William and Lady Anne Andrewes; Part Five Parents and sons |
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Introduction15 Bringing up sons; 16 Patriarchal authority in practice; 17 Relations with younger sons; Conclusion; Appendices; 1. Timeline for the family of Sir Thomas Temple; 2. Descendants of Peter Temple of Burton Dassett: genealogy report; 3. Descendants of Millicent Jekyll, wife of Peter Temple of Burton Dassett; 4. Descendants of Alice Herytage, mother of Peter Temple of Burton Dassett; 5. Descendants of Agnes Herytage, grandmother of Susan Spencer Temple of Stowe; Select bibliography; Index of Names; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Provides a full, detailed picture of the life of an aristocratic family in early modern England |
| Analysis |
Early modern England |
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Temples of Stowe |
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aristocratic family |
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estate management |
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family life |
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family relationships |
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legal disputes |
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social networking |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-474) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 17, 2018) |
| Subject |
Families -- England
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Kinship.
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kinship.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Families
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Kinship
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England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787442719 |
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1787442713 |
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