HIST 3320: The History of Childhood
Week 5 Featured Image
- "Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s "Children's Games" [Painting]
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Pieter Bruegel ‘s painting, Children’s Games (1560)
Readings: Unit 5
Tuesday Sept. 24
- Chapter 3 Childhood in the Postclassical World History”Stearns, P. N. (2016). Chapter 3 Childhood in the Postclassical World History” In Childhood in World History. ProQuest Ebook Central
- Anastasia Ulanowicz, Philippe ArièsAnastasia Ulanowicz (n.d) Philippe Ariès. Representing Childhood - Theorists - Philippe Ariès
- Phillipe Ariès, Centuries of Childhood, Ch. 2, “The Discovery of Childhood” Ch 21962, Knopf. BB or with Free Internet Archive account at https://archive.org/details/centuriesofchild00arie
Readings 9/26
Debating Centuries of Childhood
- National Galleries of Scotland: Children in Arthttps://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/children-art
- Sarah Maza, The Kids Aren’t All Right: Historians and the Problem of Childhood,Recommended. In: The American Historical Review, Volume 125, Issue 4, October 2020, Pages 1261–1285
Recommended
- Representing Childhood in Medieval England, c. 500-1500Nicholas Orme. Representing Childhood in Medieval England, c. 500-1500
- Childhood in Early Modern England, c. 1500-1700Nicholas Orme. Representing Childhood in Medieval England, c. 500-1500
- Decameron [Literary Excerpt]Giovanni Boccaccio, "Decameron [Literary Excerpt]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #177, https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/177 Annotated by Shona Kelly Wray
- Testament of a Father during the Black Death [Will]Carinus, "Testament of a Father during the Black Death [Will]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #180, https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/180 Annotated by Shona Kelly Wray
- Testament of a Mother during the Black Death [Will]Ursollina, "Testament of a Mother during the Black Death [Will]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #181, https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/181 Annotated by Shona Kelly Wray
- Children during the Black DeathShona Kelly Wray, "Children during the Black Death," in Children and Youth in History, Item #167, https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/167
Work to do
DB#3 due on Sept. 26 (400-500 words) before class
What was Phillipe Ariès’ thesis about modern childhood? Do you agree with his view? Illustrate your answer by drawing on a primary source and the secondary sources from your readings or beyond. Do you think Ariès is important for the history of childhood?
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