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Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485–2000Kinship Groups

Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485–2000: Kinship Groups [An important aspect in understanding the emphasis on the maintenance of rank identity among the families of the British aristocracy is understanding the centrality of the kinship group, or extended family, in the creation of that identity. Noble women served as the link between their natal and marital families and many worked hard to further the interests of both of those groups. For much of the period under consideration here, noble families in Britain entered into marital relationships with the aim of expanding their alliance networks. The creation and maintenance of kinship groups was a very important undertaking among aristocratic families and the primary way that extended family ties, kinship groups, were created was through marriage. The more elite the family, the more importance they placed on these types of alliances.1 Families of potential brides generally aimed to procure sons-in-law from families higher on the social ladder than they were. If they succeeded, the daughters’ unions improved their birth families’ status and potentially provided the family with important connections and access to patronage.2] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Women, Rank, and Marriage in the British Aristocracy, 1485–2000Kinship Groups

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
ISBN
978-1-349-46021-2
Pages
123 –132
DOI
10.1057/9781137327802_8
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[An important aspect in understanding the emphasis on the maintenance of rank identity among the families of the British aristocracy is understanding the centrality of the kinship group, or extended family, in the creation of that identity. Noble women served as the link between their natal and marital families and many worked hard to further the interests of both of those groups. For much of the period under consideration here, noble families in Britain entered into marital relationships with the aim of expanding their alliance networks. The creation and maintenance of kinship groups was a very important undertaking among aristocratic families and the primary way that extended family ties, kinship groups, were created was through marriage. The more elite the family, the more importance they placed on these types of alliances.1 Families of potential brides generally aimed to procure sons-in-law from families higher on the social ladder than they were. If they succeeded, the daughters’ unions improved their birth families’ status and potentially provided the family with important connections and access to patronage.2]

Published: Nov 29, 2015

Keywords: Sixteenth Century; Kinship Group; Rank Identity; Alliance Network; Birth Family

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