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Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland
Janay Nugent (Ed.)
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Description for Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland
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Essays exploring childhood and youth in Scotland before the nineteenth century. Children and youth have tended to be under-reported in the historical scholarship. This collection of essays recasts the historical narrative by populating premodern Scottish communities from the thirteenth to the late eighteenthcenturies with their lively experiences and voices. By examining medieval and early modern Scottish communities through the lens of age, the collection counters traditional assumptions that young people are peripheral to our understanding of the political, economic, and social contexts of the premodern era. The topics addressed fall into three main sections: the experience of being ... Read more
Essays exploring childhood and youth in Scotland before the nineteenth century. Children and youth have tended to be under-reported in the historical scholarship. This collection of essays recasts the historical narrative by populating premodern Scottish communities from the thirteenth to the late eighteenthcenturies with their lively experiences and voices. By examining medieval and early modern Scottish communities through the lens of age, the collection counters traditional assumptions that young people are peripheral to our understanding of the political, economic, and social contexts of the premodern era. The topics addressed fall into three main sections: the experience of being ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783270439
SKU
V9781783270439
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Reviews for Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland
The book will be of compelling interest to specialists in Scottish studies but also to anyone who wants to learn more about the cultural history and evolution of the concepts of childhood, maturation, child
-rearing, and gender as a function of both nature and nurture, from late medieval to modern times in the Western world.
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A stimulating ... Read more
-rearing, and gender as a function of both nature and nurture, from late medieval to modern times in the Western world.
CSANA NEWSLETTER
A stimulating ... Read more