The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800

This book studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage.

Lawrence Stone (1919-1999) was a professor of history at Princeton University. His other books include The Crisis of the Aristocracy- 1558-1641 and The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642.

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