Beloved Children : : History of Aristocratic Childhood in Hungary in the Early Modern Age / / ed. by Katalin Peter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• HerausgeberIn: Peter, Katalin,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (281 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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