Affectionate authorities : fathers and fatherly roles in late medieval Basel / Philip Grace, Texas Luthern University, USA.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction: harnessing fatherhood
The setting and sources: basel around 1500
Fathers and guardians : fosterage and fatherly provision
Fathers and testators : inheritance and dowry as fatherly provision
Fathers and masters : vocational training as provision and education
Fathers and mothers : moral discipline and example
Fathers and tutors : fathers in competition with formal educators
Appropriating fatherly speech : the case of Jakob Wimpfeling
Appropriating fatherly discipline : the case of Jerome Emser
Appropriating fatherly authority : the case of Johannes Heidelberg
Conclusion: harnessing fatherhood before and after the reformation
Bibliography
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