The Ties That Bind: Siblings, Family, and Society in Early Modern England. Bernard Capp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xii + 222 pp. $78

Capp, on the one hand, carefully explores what the expectations of behavior between siblings were, the importance of gender in understanding these expectations, and the dichotomy between expectations and actual lived experience. The first part of the book, “Sibling Issues,” deals with the experience...

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Published in:Renaissance quarterly 2021-07, Vol.74 (2), p.636-637
Main Author: Levin, Carole
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Families & family life
Religion
Siblings
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Summary:Capp, on the one hand, carefully explores what the expectations of behavior between siblings were, the importance of gender in understanding these expectations, and the dichotomy between expectations and actual lived experience. The first part of the book, “Sibling Issues,” deals with the experience of childhood, relationships between brothers, relationships between sisters, and relationships between brothers and sisters. The second part, “Family Stories,” is a series of case studies of specific siblings: the siblings of William Stout, Samuel Pepys, and Roger North; the troubles both Alice Thornton and Dorothy Osborne had with their brothers; and the sibling rivalry over and anger at the favoritism of James Yonge.
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.1017/rqx.2021.46