The Development of the Family and Marriage in Europe

The Development of the Family and Marriage in Europe
ISBN-10
0521289254
ISBN-13
9780521289252
Category
History
Pages
308
Language
English
Published
1983-07-07
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Jack Goody

Description

An original theory asserts that this distinctive form of kinship system developed in the northern Mediterranean around the fourth century A.D., and that its subsequent growth can be attributed to the efforts of the early Christian Church to acquire property formerly held by domestic groups.

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