Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family LifeTheme is the emergence of the modern conception of family life and the modern image of the nature of children. Until the end of the Middle Ages the child was, almost as soon as he was weaned, regarded as a small adult, who mingled, competed, worked, and played with mature adults. |
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Page 252
... town of La Flèche had to take into account the presence within their walls of a large student population attracted by the Jesuit college ; special measures were taken ( as they are today in garrison towns or prohibited areas ) ...
... town of La Flèche had to take into account the presence within their walls of a large student population attracted by the Jesuit college ; special measures were taken ( as they are today in garrison towns or prohibited areas ) ...
Page 323
... town.29 Tavern - keepers , gambling - den proprietors and hotel - keepers were forbidden to put students up or to take them in as lodgers : the tavern was still a place of ill repute , frequented by women of easy virtue , soldiers ...
... town.29 Tavern - keepers , gambling - den proprietors and hotel - keepers were forbidden to put students up or to take them in as lodgers : the tavern was still a place of ill repute , frequented by women of easy virtue , soldiers ...
Page 324
... town to the next , lived either by thieving and scrounging on the roads and in the country , or by the begging of the greenhorns who went singing in the streets and taverns : ' When I went into a tavern , people enjoyed hearing me talk ...
... town to the next , lived either by thieving and scrounging on the roads and in the country , or by the begging of the greenhorns who went singing in the streets and taverns : ' When I went into a tavern , people enjoyed hearing me talk ...
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