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Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life
- Original title:
- L'enfant et la vie familiale sous l'ancien régime
- Translated title:
- The Child and Family Life in the Ancien Régime
- Publication year:
- 1962
- Original publication year:
- 1960
- ISBN:
- 0-394-70286-7
- Pages:
- 447
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- No
- Debut?
- No
- Table of Contents:
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Part One: The Idea of Childhood
- The Ages of Life
- The Discovery of Childhood
- Children's Dress
- A Modest Contribution to the History of Games and Pastimes
- From Immodesty to Innocence
- Conclusion: The Two Concepts of Childhood
Part Two: Scholastic Life
- Medieval Scholars Young and Old
- A New Institution: The College
- The Origins of the School Class
- The Pupil's Age
- The Progress of Discipline
- From Day School to Boarding School
- The 'Little Schools'
- The Roughness of Schoolchildren
- Conclusion: School and the Duration of Childhood
Part Three: The Family
- Pictures of the Family
- From the Medieval Family to the Modern Family
- Conclusion: The Family and Sociability
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