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Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0300085419I4N10
This is a history of children in England from Anglo-Saxon times to the 16th century. Starting at birth, it shows how they were named and baptised, and traces the significance of birthdays and ages. This leads to an account of family life, including upbringing, food, clothes, sleep and the plight of the poor. The misfortunes of childhood are chronicled, from disablement, abuse, and accidents to illness, death, and beliefs about children in the afterlife. Further chapters explore the oral culture of medieval children (words, rhymes, and songs), play, religion, learning to read, and literature for children. Finally, we see how they grew up, began to work, came of age, and experienced sexuality. The result is a vivid recreation of what it was like to be young, which reveals the central importance of children in English medieval history for the first time. The traditional view of a past in which there was no childhood is shown to lack any foundation. On the contrary, children were recognized as special and different, and possessed their own flourishing culture, much of it like that of young people today.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Nicholas Orme is professor of history at Exeter University and the author of numerous works on medieval history including medicine and education. He published The English Hospital, 1070-1570 (ISBN 0 300 06058 0, 40.00) with Yale University Press in May 1995.
Titel: Medieval Children
Verlag: Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Artikel-Nr. GRP17666265
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Anbieter: GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 0300085419. 2001, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981. Artikel-Nr. 169138
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