Childhood, orphans and underage heirs in medieval rural England : growing up in the village / Miriam Müller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Miriam, author.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of childhood

Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphans--England--History--To 1500.

Orphans.

Orphans--England--Social conditions.

Rural children--England--History--To 1500.

Rural children.

Rural children--England--Social conditions.

Guardian and ward--England--History--To 1500.

Guardian and ward.

History.

Social conditions.

Great Britain--Social conditions.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.

Rural children--Social conditions.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

This book explores the experience of childhood and adolescence in later medieval English rural society from 1250 to 1450. Hit by major catastrophes--the Great Famine and then a few decades later the Black Death--this book examines how rural society coped with children left orphaned, and land inherited by children and adolescents considered too young to run their holdings. Using manorial court rolls, accounts and other documents, Miriam Müller looks at the guardians who looked after the children, and the chattels and lands the children brought with them. This book considers not just rural concepts of childhood, and the training and schooling young peasants received, but also the nature of supportive kinship networks, family structures and the roles of lordship, to offer insights into the experience of childhood and adolescence in medieval villages more broadly--back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Vulnerable members of the community

Inheritance, rights and goods

Looking after underaged heirs

Plotting out a living

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783030036010

3030036014

OCLC:

1055826851