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"A tender age": cultural anxieties over the child in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
William F. MacLehose-
Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright and Permissions
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Nurturing Danger Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Medicine and the Problem(s) of the Child
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[Intro]
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Textual Background
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Embryology and the Question of Nourishment
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The Trouble with Midwives
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Neonatal Care: The Nurse's Milk
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Conclusions
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Chapter 2 Suffer Little Children Baptism, Heresy, and the Debates over the Nature of the Child
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[Intro]
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Contexts and Sources: The Rise of Heresies and Catholic Responses
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Negative Views of Childhood: Sin and its Consequences
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[Intro]
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Mind and Body
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The Sinful Child
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Positive Images of Childhood: The Infant as Metaphor
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[Intro]
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Exceptions Prove the Rule: The Worthiness of Children
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"Sinite parvulos": A Divine Invitation
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God's Mercy: The Divine Plan of Salvation and Justice for the Child
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[Intro]
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Fides aliena
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Historicizing God's Plan for Children
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The Mercy of the Good Father
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Chapter 3 Simplicity and Faith Childhood, Maternity, and the Creation of a Jewish Threat
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[Intro]
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Historical and Textual Backgrounds
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Powerlessness and The Child
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Power Misused: Jews and Children
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[Intro]
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Children, Jews, Money, and Deceit
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Ritual Violence
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The Jewish Patriarch and the False Family
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Power Redefined: Maternal Mourning and the Child
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[Intro]
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The Language of Loss
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Ritualized Mourning: Rachel Crying
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Gender, Parenting, and Justice
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Power, Piety, and Intimacy: Mother, Son, and Christian Family
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[Intro]
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The Virgin and the Child
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Holy Family and Earthly Child
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The Child, Christian Community, and Revenge
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Further Diffusions
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Conclusions
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Chapter 4 "The Path of the Foolish Children" Delusion, Disillusionment, and the Challenge of the Children's Crusade of 1212
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[Intro]
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Childish Devotion
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Gullibility and Folly
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The Innocents Abroad
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Conclusions
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Conclusions
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Appendix to Chapter 2 Contexts and Sources: The Rise of Heresies and Catholic Responses
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Notes
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 Nurturing Danger Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Medicine and the Problem(s) of the Child
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Chapter 2 Suffer Little Children Baptism, Heresy, and the Debates over the Nature of the Child
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Chapter 3 Simplicity and Faith Childhood, Maternity, and the Creation of a Jewish Threat
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Chapter 4 "The Path of the Foolish Children" Delusion, Disillusionment, and the Challenge of the Children's Crusade of 1212
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Conclusions
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Appendix to Chapter 2
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Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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[Note]
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History of Childhood
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Medieval Pediatrics (Chapter 1)
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Infant Baptism and Heresy (Chapter 2)
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Ritual Murder and Marian Miracles (Chapter 3)
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The Children's Crusade (Chapter 4)
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HEB Id | Title | Authors | Publication Information |
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Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life. | Aries, Philippe. | New York: Random House, 1965. |
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Published: 2007
Publisher: Columbia University Press
- 9780231503709 (ebook)
- 9780231142564 (hardcover)