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This volume examines rural marriage patterns in the long run, relating the patterns to changing economic conditions in the North Sea area, from c. 1400 to the present. The history of marriage in Western Europe, because of its peculiarities when viewed in a global setting, compels attention. This volume examines rural marriage patterns in the long run, relating these to changing economic conditions in the North Sea area, from c. 1400 to the present. More than thirty years after Hajnal's path-breaking publication it presents a state of the art as regards the study of the European Marriage Pattern in Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia. By examining different forms of rural economy such as peasant farming, capitalist farming, prot-industry and other systems of production with differing implications for marriage and family formation, demographic and economic mechanisms emerge more clearly. Turning from description to explanation, a complex of interacting factors which regulate the formation of new households is identified and new directions into the research of this phenomenon are promoted. This volume comprises 11 article-chapters and introduc

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Author
Isabelle Devos (editor), Liam Kennedy (editor)
Publisher
Brepols Publishers
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9782503557663
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Gender Studies, Western, History

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