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9780750919180

Childhood in Anglo-Saxon England

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750919180

  • ISBN10:

    0750919183

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Trafalgar Square
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Summary

The book includes a brief introduction to the study of childhood and family structure, this is followed by a discussion of the age at which an Anglo-Saxon child was thought to have become an adult.

Author Biography

Sally Crawford is Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables
vii
Picture Credits and Acknowledgements x
Introduction xi
Anglo-Saxon Childhood and the Social History of Children
1(13)
Archaeological Sources
14(19)
Documentary Sources
33(14)
Age Thresholds and Rites of Passage
47(10)
Conception, Birth and Babies
57(18)
Infancy, Baptism and the Afterlife
75(17)
Health and Childcare
92(10)
The Family
102(20)
Fosterage, God-parents and Adoption
122(17)
Play and Education
139(15)
Adolescence
154(14)
Conclusion 168(7)
Appendix: Anglo-Saxon Lawcodes Relating to Children 175(3)
Notes 178(9)
Bibliography 187(8)
Index 195

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