Bibliograph

Childhood, Orphans and Underage Heirs in Medieval Rural England, Growing up in the Village, by Miriam Müller

Type

Label

Childhood, Orphans and Underage Heirs in Medieval Rural England, Growing up in the Village, by Miriam Müller

Language

eng

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Childhood, Orphans and Underage Heirs in Medieval Rural England

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1080079425

Responsibility statement

by Miriam Müller

Series statement

Springer eBooks.Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood

Sub title

Growing up in the Village

Summary

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 Müller 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.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Vulnerable Members of the Community -- Chapter 3: Inheritance, Rights and Goods -- Chapter 4: Looking after Underaged Heirs -- Chapter 5: Plotting out a Living -- Chapter 6: Conclusion

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