Disordered lives
eighteenth-century families and their unruly relatives
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Author
Contributions
- Soly, Hugo. - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Polity Press, Cambridge, UK, England
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3965836M
- ISBN-100745615147
- OCLC Control Number34601003
- OCLC Control Numberdisorderedlivese0000lisc
- Library of Congress Control Number2001270794
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- Goodreads775215
Classifications
- DDC306.85/09492
- LCCHN493 .L57 1996
Description
Why did families in the past request that some of their members be forcibly removed from their midst and locked away? What social conditions lay behind the drama of enforced removal and confinement that was played out between family members and their unruly relatives? Through their analysis of thousands of case histories in Brabant and Flanders the authors are able to shed light on the material and emotional survival strategies of the growing number of urban families who were requesting the confinement of one of their own members, and to relate those personal decisions to the changes taking place within the urban communities. Disordered Lives is a penetrating study of rebellious youths, adulterous women, alcoholics and violent husbands. In contrast to other 'troublemakers' who have left no trace, these ones have made history. They showed their contemporaries and later generations where the limits of the permissible lay - and why.
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