Beloved Children : : History of Aristocratic Childhood in Hungary in the Early Modern Age / / ed. by Katalin Peter.
Drawing on evidence from a wide collection of surviving family papers, Beloved Children is a valuable contribution to literature available concerning childhood history in pre-industrial Central Europe. With the aid of detailed case studies, the volume illustrates every aspect of Hungarian childhood...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SOME PRELIMINARIES BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF LIFE -- CHAPTER 2 ORPHANS OF NOBLE BIRTH -- CHAPTER 3 COUNT ÁDÁM BATTHYÁNY I AND HIS CHILDREN -- CHAPTER 4 THE MARRIAGE POLICY OF THE ESTERHAZY FAMILY AFTER THE DEATH OF PALATINE MIKLÓS -- GENEALOGICAL TABLES -- INDEX |
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Summary: | Drawing on evidence from a wide collection of surviving family papers, Beloved Children is a valuable contribution to literature available concerning childhood history in pre-industrial Central Europe. With the aid of detailed case studies, the volume illustrates every aspect of Hungarian childhood in the early modern age from a variety of contrasting perspectives—birth, care, education, marriage, orphanhood and death. The book also includes a unique portrayal of family life in the Hungarian aristocracy. 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9789633865125 9783110780550 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789633865125 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Katalin Peter. |