Mapping the Household State: Treatment of Disobedient Children in Early Modern Denmark and Sweden

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mapping the Household State

T2 - Treatment of Disobedient Children in Early Modern Denmark and Sweden

AU - Jansson, Karin Hassan

AU - Koefoed, Nina Javette

PY - 2023/1

Y1 - 2023/1

N2 - This article offers a comparative analysis of the early modern Danish and Swedish Household state in relation to the treatment of "disobedient" children. It uses law codes and court records to explore the dynamic relationship between the household and state, arguing that contrasting patterns are apparent despite the common features of absolutism, agrarian, and mono-confessional Lutheranism. In Denmark, the state often responded to such cases by arrogating the power of the household and removing children from their care. In Sweden, the state upheld and sought to educate the household and relied upon parents to carry out appropriate chastisements of its junior members.

AB - This article offers a comparative analysis of the early modern Danish and Swedish Household state in relation to the treatment of "disobedient" children. It uses law codes and court records to explore the dynamic relationship between the household and state, arguing that contrasting patterns are apparent despite the common features of absolutism, agrarian, and mono-confessional Lutheranism. In Denmark, the state often responded to such cases by arrogating the power of the household and removing children from their care. In Sweden, the state upheld and sought to educate the household and relied upon parents to carry out appropriate chastisements of its junior members.

KW - Household

KW - parenthood

KW - disobedient children

KW - household-state relations

KW - denmark

KW - sweden

KW - early modern

U2 - 10.1177/03631990221126069

DO - 10.1177/03631990221126069

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0363-1990

VL - 48

SP - 30

EP - 46

JO - Journal of Family History

JF - Journal of Family History

IS - 1

ER -