Kelly asserts that middle class (bourgeois) women especially suffered a marked decline in their status along with that of noble women during the Italian Renaissance.Ģ. > There was a low rate of illegitimate birthsġ. > An increase of foundling hospitals (2/3 of abandoned Increased infanticide and abandonment (among the poor) occurred. > In Italy, the age gap between husbands and wives in the middle class was larger than in northern Europe.ĭ. > Class issues: the rich tend to marry earlier than middle classes, and poor tend to marry earlier too, or not to marry at all (10 to 20%). The average age of marriage for both men women in western Europe was between 25 and 27 years of age (this is surprisingly late) in eastern Europe the average age was about 20. > Women tended to play a more significant role in the economy in northern Europe.Ĭ.
> Dowries were extremely important in wealthy families also important in common families. > Parents played a large role when property was involved. Marriage was based on economic considerations not love. > Wealthier people (and some landowning peasants) tended to have extended families living together.ī. Nuclear family: poor people tended to be unable to support extended families.
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