Tudor Children

Orme, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0300267967 / ISBN 13: 9780300267969

Edité par Yale University Press, 2023

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Synopsis :

The first history of childhood in Tudor England
 
“Tudor Children is social history at its best. . . . By connecting with our own history as children, Orme invites us to embrace a new way of engaging with the past.”―Joanne Paul, Times (UK)
 
What was it like to grow up in England under the Tudors? How were children cared for, what did they play with, and what dangers did they face?
 
In this beautifully illustrated and characteristically lively account, leading historian Nicholas Orme provides a rich survey of childhood in the period. Beginning with birth and infancy, he explores all aspects of children’s experiences, including the games they played, such as Blind Man’s Bluff and Mumble-the-Peg, and the songs they sang, such as “Three Blind Mice” and “Jack Boy, Ho Boy.” He shows how social status determined everything from the food children ate and the clothes they wore to the education they received and the work they undertook.
 
Although childhood and adolescence could be challenging and even hazardous, it was also, as Nicholas Orme shows, a treasured time of learning and development. By looking at the lives of Tudor children we can gain a richer understanding of the era as a whole.

À propos de l'auteur: Nicholas Orme is emeritus professor of history at Exeter University. He has written more than thirty books on the religious and social history of England, including Medieval Children, The History of England’s Cathedrals, and Going to Church in Medieval England, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Tudor Children
Éditeur : Yale University Press
Date d'édition : 2023
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good