Welcome to History 319 Fall 2009

This course is designed to give an overall knowledge of families in the European past – beginning with precedents from the ancient world and concluding in the early twenty-first century. It concentrates on family structures and relationships (including the importance of gender), on the intersection between families and the law (secular and religious), and the social and cultural aspects of family life and the influence of family on other social and cultural trends. Students should leave the class with knowledge of historical change in families as well as a working knowledge of everyday life in families in the past.