Interfamilial Ties and Relationships in the Medieval Village: A Quantitative Approach Employing Manor-Court Rolls

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Drawing on the court rolls of the West Midlands manor of Halesowen between 1270 and 1400, this chapter estimates the range of effective kin in the village in order to investigate how extended kin groups were formed, to study their role, and to analyze the relationships between parents and children, and between siblings. Data from Halesowen court rolls suggest that the majority of households in the medieval period contained only nuclear families, even though households with extended families, both horizontally and vertically, were also quite common.

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