ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 2|11 pages

Stages in childhood

chapter 3|21 pages

A child is born

chapter 4|24 pages

Nursing

chapter 5|44 pages

The first stage of childhood

chapter 6|24 pages

Abandonment, infanticide, and accidents

chapter 10|16 pages

Education in the nobility

chapter 11|17 pages

Education in urban society

chapter 12|12 pages

Education in the peasantry