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Drawing on a wide variety of European sources, Childhood in the Middle Ages (1992) examines attitudes towards children, images of childhood, and the concept of the stages of childhood in medieval culture, from the nobility to the peasantry. It makes fascinating and illuminating reading for anyone interested in the social and cultural history of medieval Europe as well as the history of child-rearing and education. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Original Title 6 Original Copyright 7 Dedication 8 Endorsements 9 Contents 10 Preface 12 Abbreviations 14 Introduction: on the history of childhood in the Middle Ages 16 1 The attitude to procreation and the image of the child in medieval culture 24 2 Stages in childhood 36 3 A child is born 47 4 Nursing 68 5 The first stage of childhood 92 6 Abandonment, infanticide, and accidents 136 7 Sickness, handicaps, bereavement, and orphanhood 160 8 On education in the second stage of childhood 177 9 Education for service in the secular church and in the monastery 198 10 Education in the nobility 224 11 Education in urban society 240 12 Education in the peasantry 257 Appendix 269 Notes 274 Index 350 Children,in,history;,The,child,in,histor

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Author

Shulamith Shahar

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415026246

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Gender Studies