Makes important contributions to current debates on a wide range of issues relating to family life..[It is] an outstanding example of how to interpret historic documents.

• Introduction: A Multiple-Plot Late-Renaissance Drama: A Midland Gentry Family, the Temples of Stowe, BuckinghamshireMeet the TemplesThe Geographical and Social Connections of the Temples of StoweHow the Temples Interacted with Changing Rules of InheritanceThomas and Hester Temple's PartnershipAfter the Fall, 1629-1637The Temples and their ServantsHester's Widowhood, 1637-1656Early Modern WivesThe case of John and Mary FarmerThe Strange Case of Peter the LunaticRelations with Daughters from Birth to MarriageDaughters, Daughters-in-law and Grand DaughtersCare of WardsThe Temples and the Abusive Marriage of Sir William and Lady Anne AndrewesBringing up SonsPatriarchal Authority in PracticeRelations with Younger SonsConclusionsAppendices

Makes important contributions to current debates on a wide range of issues relating to family life..[It is] an outstanding example of how to interpret historic documents.

• Introduction: A Multiple-Plot Late-Renaissance Drama: A Midland Gentry Family, the Temples of Stowe, BuckinghamshireMeet the TemplesThe Geographical and Social Connections of the Temples of StoweHow the Temples Interacted with Changing Rules of InheritanceThomas and Hester Temple's PartnershipAfter the Fall, 1629-1637The Temples and their ServantsHester's Widowhood, 1637-1656Early Modern WivesThe case of John and Mary FarmerThe Strange Case of Peter the LunaticRelations with Daughters from Birth to MarriageDaughters, Daughters-in-law and Grand DaughtersCare of WardsThe Temples and the Abusive Marriage of Sir William and Lady Anne AndrewesBringing up SonsPatriarchal Authority in PracticeRelations with Younger SonsConclusionsAppendices

Makes important contributions to current debates on a wide range of issues relating to family life..[It is] an outstanding example of how to interpret historic documents.

• Introduction: A Multiple-Plot Late-Renaissance Drama: A Midland Gentry Family, the Temples of Stowe, BuckinghamshireMeet the TemplesThe Geographical and Social Connections of the Temples of StoweHow the Temples Interacted with Changing Rules of InheritanceThomas and Hester Temple's PartnershipAfter the Fall, 1629-1637The Temples and their ServantsHester's Widowhood, 1637-1656Early Modern WivesThe case of John and Mary FarmerThe Strange Case of Peter the LunaticRelations with Daughters from Birth to MarriageDaughters, Daughters-in-law and Grand DaughtersCare of WardsThe Temples and the Abusive Marriage of Sir William and Lady Anne AndrewesBringing up SonsPatriarchal Authority in PracticeRelations with Younger SonsConclusionsAppendices