A FRAMEWORK FOR FAMILY STRATEGY

The introduction sets the story of the Perraults against the backdrop of early modern France. It covers the transformation of French culture in the seventeenth century (in its different dimenstion: geographical, social, and institutional, including the rise of academies and salons, the court at Versailles), the history of intellectual families, notions of family strategy, and the use of networks in historical analysis. It also includes an outline of the chapters.

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Family Strategy: Planning the Family’s Participation

When Family Businesses are Best ◽

10.1057/9780230294516_5 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 105-130

Author(s):

Randel S. Carlock ◽

John L. Ward

Keyword(s):

Strategy Planning ◽

Family Strategy

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The Gondi: Family Strategy and Survival in Early Modern France by Joanna Milstein

Parergon ◽

10.1353/pgn.2016.0091 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 156-158

Author(s):

Lisa Di Crescenzo

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Early Modern France ◽

Modern France ◽

Family Strategy

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Health visitors central to family strategy

Nursing Standard ◽

10.7748/ns.12.45.9.s23 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 12 (45) ◽

pp. 9-9

Keyword(s):

Health Visitors ◽

Family Strategy

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‘Brother-Sister’ Marriage in Roman Egypt: a Curiosity of Humankind or a Widespread Family Strategy?

The Journal of Roman Studies ◽

10.3815/000000007784016070 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 97 ◽

pp. 21-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sabine R. Huebner

Keyword(s):

Demographic Transition ◽

Social Practice ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Common People ◽

Biological Child ◽

Roman Egypt ◽

The Common ◽

Family Strategy

Scholars over the last few decades have been unable to find a convincing explanation for the widespread practice of brother-sister marriage among the common people in Roman Egypt, a social practice seemingly disregarding one of the most fundamental taboos. This paper now argues that these ‘incestuous’ marriages were in fact marriages between a biological child and an adopted one, a practice documented also for other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean. Due to the severe mortality regime before the demographic transition, up to 30 per cent of all fathers did not have a male heir, and therefore adopting the son-in-law was a common succession and inheritance strategy in many pre-modern societies.

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