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Death, Emotion and Childhood in Premodern Europe
Katie Barclay (Ed.)
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Description for Death, Emotion and Childhood in Premodern Europe
Hardback. Editor(s): Barclay, Katie; Reynolds, Kimberley; Rawnsley, Ciara. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 257 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSP; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
This book draws on original material and approaches from the developing fields of the history of emotions and childhood studies and brings together scholars from history, literature and cultural studies, to reappraise how the early modern world reacted to the deaths of children. Child death was the great equaliser of the early modern period, affecting people of all ages and conditions. It is well recognised that the deaths of children struck at the heart of early modern families, yet less known is the variety of ways that not only parents, but siblings, ... Read more
This book draws on original material and approaches from the developing fields of the history of emotions and childhood studies and brings together scholars from history, literature and cultural studies, to reappraise how the early modern world reacted to the deaths of children. Child death was the great equaliser of the early modern period, affecting people of all ages and conditions. It is well recognised that the deaths of children struck at the heart of early modern families, yet less known is the variety of ways that not only parents, but siblings, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137571984
SKU
V9781137571984
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Ref
99-15
About Katie Barclay (Ed.)
Katie Barclay is DECRA Fellow in the ARC Centre for the History of Emotions at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She is the author of Love, Intimacy and Power, and numerous articles on family life and emotions. Kimberley Reynolds is an award-winning author who founded the UK’s National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature and co-edited one ... Read more
Reviews for Death, Emotion and Childhood in Premodern Europe
“The contributors offer an array of potential new approaches, sources, and interpretations, and open up many new and exciting avenues of research, an invitation that is perhaps this volume’s most important contribution.” (Margaret B. Lewis, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 73 (1), 2020)