Beloved Children
History of Childhood in Hungary in the Early Modern
Age
Edited by Katalin Péter, Professor of History
at the Central European University, Budapest
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.
"This well-translated and entertaining book addresses
several issues central to the history of childhood and
the family in western Europe and the United States.
It is a work well suited to teaching purposes even at
the introductory level and should grace any good library
collection on European history". - Sixteenth
Century Journal
"Aristocratic Hungarian childhood is a welcome
addition to the rapidly expanding international field
of children's history. This collection... beckons the
English-speaking reader into a little-known, but fascinating
world." - Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"A refreshing and useful addition to English-language
literature on early modern Hungary, bringing the reader
close to individuals whose lives would otherwise be
lost in obscurity." - Slavic Review
Contents
The First Ten Years of Children: How they were
begotten, Physical and social forms of family planning,
Expecting the child, The child is born, Boys and girls,
Mothers and fathers, Health and education, Illness and
death Orphans of Noble Birth: What it meant to
be an orphan, The last will, Guardians, Half-orphans,
Fully orphaned, Widowed mothers and their children,
Stepmothers, Stepfathers Count Ádám Batthyány I and
His Children: At the baronial court, Expecting babies,
At the school of the Jesuits at Sopron, Secondary school
in Graz, Kristóf Batthyány's travels abroad, The younger
Batthyány, The subsequent career of the Batthyány brothers
The Marriage Policy of the Esterházy Family After
the Death of Palatine Miklós: The founder of the
dynasty, Palatine's household, The father's principles
concerning education, Building a dynasty, Keeping the
family together, Esterházy's inheritance, The execution
of the Palatine's testament, László Esterházy's marriage,
The marriage of Mária Esterházy, Preserving the wealth
of the family, The marriage of the youngest brother
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180 pages
ISBN 978-963-9116-77-1 cloth $44.95 / €39.95 /
Ł35.00
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