Children in the Middle Ages : fifth-fifteenth centuries
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Bibliographic Information
Children in the Middle Ages : fifth-fifteenth centuries
（The Laura Shannon series in French medieval studies）
University of Notre Dame Press, c1999
- : cloth : alk. paper
- : pbk
- Other Title
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Enfants au Moyen Âge
Children in the Middle Ages : 5th-15th centuries
- Uniform Title
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Enfants au Moyen Age
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth : alk. paper ISBN 9780268023508
Description
What can we know of the children of the Middle Ages? It is commonly thought that children were of little interest to mediaeval adults for documentation on childhood is supposedly rare and fragmented. Daniele Alexandre-Bidon and Didier Lett challenge this assumption in this book. Drawing from a wide range of sources - from archaeological finds to romances, from miracle accounts to law codes - they bring together many glimpses of children in order to form a composite picture. By examining the existence of children in various contexts - wars, epidemics, the famines that mark both the beginning and end of the Middle Ages - the authors trace an evolution in the perception of childhood. "Children in the Middle Ages" offers a multifaceted image of mediaeval childhood in all the countries of present-day Europe and within all levels of mediaeval society, from the peasant girl who longed to read to the apprentice scribe doodling pictures on the margins of the manuscript he copied to the young duke of Berry, whose bedroom was redecorated each year at Easter, going from red to green, the colour of spring.
The authors consider children not only within the context of family life, but within the supporting structures of the society - in school, in business, in the monastery, in extended or foster families. They further demonstrate that despite often difficult living conditions, the great majority of children were surrounded with affection.
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Description
This vivid picture of how children lived and died portrays childhood at all levels of European mediaeval society - from the peasant girl who longed to read, to the apprentice scribe doodling pictures in the margins of the manuscript he copied, to the future Duke of Berry whose bedroom was redecorated twice a year, changing at Easter from red to green, the colour of Spring. The authors consider children's in the family and in social institutions, their emotional and educational environment, and their symbolism in Christianity. They demonstrate that, despite often difficult living conditions, the great majority of children were surrounded by family affection. They also illustrate the misery of orphaned and abandoned children, the ravages of disease and war, and the exploitation of children as slaves and beggars.
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