Historical differences in childhood Flashcards
(12 cards)
What do historians and sociologists argue?
How we understand childhood today is a relatively new ‘invention’
What does Aries argue?
That in the Middle Ages, the idea of childhood did not exist
What happened in the Middle Ages?
There was no clear distinction between adults and children
How was there no clear distinction between adults and children?
On the same term as adults via working early
What were children called?
Mini-adults with same rights, duties, skills
What did the law do?
Children faced same severe punishes like jail
What does Aries use as evidence for his view?
Art from the period
What is shown in the art?
No characteristics of childhood;
Adults & Kids same clothing working and playing together
What was also different in the Middle ages?
Parental attitudes
What did Shorter argue?
High death rates encouraged neglect towards infants
What is an example of the parental neglect via names?
Naming the new-born baby with the name of a recently dead sibling
Referring to baby as it
What is an example of the parental neglect via kids?
Forgetting how many children they had
