Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2006):

Concepts of childhood: what we know and where we might go.

Full Abstract

The publication of some forty years ago of the landmark work by Philippe Aries, entitled Centuries of childhood, in its widely-read English translation, unleashed decades of scholarly investigation of that once-neglected target, the child. Since then, historians have uncovered the traces of attitudes toward children- were they neglected, exploited, abused, cherished?- and patterns of child-rearing. They have explored such issues, among others, as the varieties of European household structure; definitions of the stages of life; childbirth, wetnursing, and the role of the midwife; child abandonment and the foundling home; infanticide and its prosecution; apprenticeship, servitude, and fostering; the evolution of schooling; the consequences of religious diversification; and the impact of gender. This essay seeks to identify key features and recent trends amid this abundance of learned inquiry.

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Author information

Author/s: King, Margaret L (ML);

Affiliation: Brooklyn College.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: Renaissance quarterly (Renaiss Q), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-; vol 60 (issue 2) : pp 371-407

Dates: Created 2007/10/31; Completed 2008/04/02;

PMID: 17972418, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Adolescent Anthropology, Cultural - history; methods Breast Feeding Child Child Rearing - history Child, Preschool Education - history Female Historiography History, 15th Century History, 16th Century History, 17th Century

History, 17th Century History, 20th Century History, Medieval Human Development Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infanticide - history Midwifery - history Orphanages - history Parturition Pregnancy

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