Affectionate Authorities: Fathers And Fatherly Roles In Late Medieval Basel

Situated at the intersection of social and cultural history, the study draws upon late-medieval and early-modern sources from the city of Basel, Switzerland in order to provide a nuanced view of concepts of fatherhood on the eve of the Reformation. It focuses on how people invoked ideas about fatherhood in the pursuit of various goals ?not only the ideological agendas of scholarly elites, but also the more pragmatic problems of closing a business deal, claiming an inheritance, or choosing sides in a fistfight.

• • Author: Dr Philip Grace
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Feb 28, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 196 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472445546
• • ISBN-13: 9781472445544