Priestley, Robyn2023-11-012023-11-011988-03-012018-10-23<p>Priestley, R. (1988). <em>Marriage and family life in the seventeenth century: A study of gentry families in England</em> (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.</p>https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/123456789/13150795<p>This thesis looks at aspects of the family life of three gentry families and their kin throughout the seventeenth century. The families were chosen because a sufficient number of personal family documents survive to make it possible to discover a great deal beyond the bare facts of family structure. They are representative in the sense that they are a random sample taken from approximately the same class, the gentry, in three different counties. The selection was guided by a desire to find the norm rather than the exception.</p>en-us<p>Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) Thesis. Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney.</p> <p>Used by permission of the author</p> <p>© Copyright 1988 Robyn Priestley</p> <p>Staff and Students of Avondale College may access a print copy of this thesis from Avondale College Library (306.80942 P93).</p>gentrymarriage and family lifeSeventeenth centuryEnglandThesis