Historians have only recently awakened to the importance of the family, the basic social unit throughout human history. This book traces the development of marr

The collection reveals how scholars of the 1970s through the 1990s argued the importance of previously unconsidered questions about the shape of medieval famili

A collection of essays by Michael Sheehan, whose work and interpretation on medieval property, marriage, family, sexuality, and law has insprired scholars for 4

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