Material Worlds of Childhood in North-Western Europe C. 1350-1800

by Philippa Maddern and Stephanie Tarbin

Despite much excellent work over recent decades on the history of pre-modern childhood, research still tends to focus, not on the lives and experiences of children themselves, but on the ideals and norms of child-rearing. As a consequence, children have often been represented only as passive subjects rather than agents in a co-operative process of social and physical development. In order to move beyond this limited perspective, this book focuses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472444779
• ISBN13: 9781472444776
• Release Date: December 2028
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages