In the mid-nineteenth century, Jacob Grimm published a collection of late medieval records of local law—called Weistumer—that was scarcely less comprehensive than his famous collection of fairy tales.
Scholarship has long believed that the importance of kinship declined steadily in Europe between the Middle Ages and the 20th century as the institution of the nuclear family emerged, and has steadfas
Since the publication of Philippe Aries's book, Centuries of Childhood, in the early 1960s, there has been great interest among historians in the history of the family and the household. A central asp
While the current discussion of ethnic, trade, and commercial diasporas, global networks, and transnational communities constantly makes reference to the importance of families and kinship groups for
