![]() Moreover, Hanawalt argues that the nuclear family was strengthened at the expense of the community in the century or so following the Black Death, thanks to greater social and physical mobility, more land available for a smaller population, and higher wages. ![]() She argues that, contrary to what had been claimed by previous historians, the nuclear rather than the extended family was the dominant mode of social organisation amongst European peasantry that even our imperfect records demonstrate the existence of familial affection and a concept of childhood. Hanawalt combines a statistical analysis of manorial court records with the accidental deaths reported in the coroner's rolls. If reading The Ties that Bound does not bring any revelations, it is only because, in the quarter of a century since its publication, it has become so foundational to our study of the medieval family and English peasantry. ![]()
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