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Youth and Authority - Formative Experiences in England 1560-1640 (Hardcover, New)
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Youth and Authority - Formative Experiences in England 1560-1640 (Hardcover, New)
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It is now well-known that there was a separate age of youth in
sixteenth-and seventeenth-century society (and before) but in much
of the writing on this subject, youth has emerged as a passive
construct of the adult society, lacking formative experiences. Paul
Griffiths seeks to redress this imbalance by presenting a more
`positive' image of young people, showing that they had a creative
presence, an identity, and a historical significance which has
never been fully explored. The author looks beyond the prescriptive
codes of moralists and governors to survey the attitudes and
activities of young people, examining their reaction to authority
and to society's concept of the `ideal place' for them in the
social order. He sheds new light on issues as diverse as juvenile
delinquency, masculinity, the celebration of Shrovetide, sexual
behaviour and courtship, clothing, catechizing, office-holding,
vocabularies of insult, prostitution, and church seating plans. His
research reveals much about the nature of youth culture, religious
commitment, and master/servant relations, and leads to the
identification of a separate milieu of `masterless' young people.
Contemporary moralists called youth `the choosing time', a time of
great risks and great potential; and the best time to incalculate
political conformity and sound religion. Yet the concept of choice
was double-edged, it recognized that young people had other options
besides these expectations. This ambiguity is a central theme of
theis book which demonstrates that although there was a critical
politics of age during this period, young people had their own
initiatives and strategies and grew up in all sorts of ways.
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