Families in the Expansion of Europe,1500-1800

Name: Families in the Expansion of Europe,1500-1800
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Published in 1998, this volume presents legal, religious and demographic aspects of the transfer of European family organisations to new environments in the overseas colonies, and illustrates the impacts of contact with other ethnic groups. > Published in 1998, this volume presents legal, religious and demographic aspects of the transfer of European family organisations to new environments in the overseas colonies, and illustrates the impacts of contact with other ethnic groups. In Africa the focus is on the Cape, the principal area of European settlement in the 17th-18th centuries; in the Americas the analysis includes indigenous and black families. Inheritance, dowry, marriage, divorce, illegitimacy are topics covered, but the emphasis is above all on women's roles and voices. > \n1. Parents and Daughters: Change in the Practice of Dowry in Sao Paulo (1600-1770), Muriel Nazzari 2. The Church and the Patriarchal Family: Marriage Conflicts in 16th- and 17th-Century New Spain, P1