Childhood, Orphans and Underage Heirs in Medieval Rural England - Growing up in the Village (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book explores the experience of childhood and adolescence in later medieval English rural society from 1250 to 1450. Hit by major catastrophes - the Great Famine and then a few decades later the Black Death - this book examines how rural society coped with children left orphaned, and land inherited by children and adolescents considered too young to run their holdings. Using manorial court rolls, accounts and other documents, Miriam Muller looks at the guardians who looked after the children, and the chattels and lands the children brought with them. This book considers not just rural concepts of childhood, and the training and schooling young peasants received, but also the nature of supportive kinship networks, family structures and the roles of lordship, to offer insights into the experience of childhood and adolescence in medieval villages more broadly.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
Release date:	2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Miriam Muller
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	213
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-003601-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	3-03-003601-4
Barcode:	9783030036010

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