FRHD 2280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Premarital Sex, Early Christianity, Industrial Revolution

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2280
• Professor: Andrea LaMarre

Document Summary

Ideas about adolescence as a stage of the life course go back a long way in the history of western cultures. Plato and aristotle viewed adolescence as the third distinct stage of life after infancy and childhood. Both viewed adolescence as stage of life in which the capacity for reason first developed. Adolescence from early christian times through the middle ages. A similar struggle between reason and passion in adolescence can be found in early. I(cid:374) augusti(cid:374)e(cid:859)s auto(cid:271)iography, he repe(cid:374)ts his re(cid:272)kless youth a(cid:374)d argues that (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)ersio(cid:374) to christianity is the key not only to eternal salvation but to the rule of reason over passion. Historical records on adolescence during this time are sparse. Life cycle service involved moving out of the family house and into the household of a (cid:858)(cid:373)aster(cid:859) to (cid:449)ho(cid:373) the young person was in service for a period lasting about 7 years.