HUMA 1970 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Middle Ages
13 Oct 2017
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Understanding childhood chapter 2: childhood: a historical approach. First and most influential historian of childhood in the post-war period. Argued that a concept of childhood had been largely lacking in the middle ages. Once infants could walk and talk, they enter the adult world. Claimed that due to the uncertainty of infants survival in middle ages, child rearing was characterized by an indifference to babies. Argued that childhood as a distinct human condition started to emerge around the end of the 15th century. Thesis relied heavily on an analysis of european art of the middle ages and early modern period in which he claimed children were depicted as small adults. Used to describe a state of being that is both naive, in the sense of lacking experience and certain kinds of knowledge, and free from moral guilt. Jean - view - the child as being, by nature, innocent - naive. Refers primarily to children"s capacities and abilities.
