Stepfamilies in Europe, 1400-1800 / edited by Lyndan Warner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: stepfamilies in the European past / Lyndan Warner -- Jewish families, conversion, and the creation of stepfamilies in Girona after the anti-Jewish violence of 1391 / Alexandra Guerson and Dana Wessell Lightfoot -- Stepfamilies in Sweden, 1400 to 1650: the family in process between bloodlines and continuity / Anu Lahtinen -- Stepfamilies and inclusive families in early modern Venice / Anna Bellavitis -- Virtual stepfamilies: illegitimate children, half-siblings, and the early modern Spanish nobility / Grace E. Coolidge -- Stepmothers at law in early modern England / Tim Stretton -- "The Riddle of Nijmegen" (Het Raadsel van Nijmegen), complicated marriages, stepfamilies and early modern Dutch law / Sebastiaan Roes. Translated by Cornelia Niekus Moore -- Stepfamilies and blended families in Protestant funeral sermons in early modern Germany / Cornelia Niekus-Moore -- Stepfamily relationships in autobiographical writings from seventeenth-century Hungary / Gabriella Erd�elyi -- Emotional bonds and the everyday logic of living arrangements: stepfamilies in dispensation records of late eighteenth century Austria / Margareth Lanzinger ; translated from German by Christopher Roth -- Stepfamily relationships in multigenerational households: the case of Toulouse, France in the eighteenth century / Sylvie Perrier -- Seeing stepfamilies in European Visual Culture / Lyndan Warner -- Conclusion: continuity and change in stepfamily lives, 1400-1800 / Lyndan Warner.

"Stepfamilies in Europe, 1400 to 1800 addresses a significant gap in literature on the history of the family in Europe and provides an in-depth study into the complex family structures created upon remarriage. Featuring an array of visual evidence, and drawing on topics such as remarriage, widowhood, and the guardianship of children, Stepfamilies in Europe will be essential reading for scholars and students of the history of the early modern family"-- Provided by publisher.