Zusammenfassung der Ressource
European life in 16th century
- woman
- give birth at home - possibly a midwife
- return to fields quickly after giving birth
- baby tightly swaddled
- older sibling looking after baby
- left baby at home alone
- have 7-8 children with only half living to adolescence
- men
- back breaking farm work
- children
- 1/3 died before the age of 1
- infants unable to explore for 1st year of life
- older children accompanied parents to field and were full workers by age 7
- segregated work
- boys did farm labour
- girls cooked, cleaned, sewed and worked fields
- parents were strict and punitive - beatings
- trying to keep unsupervised children safe
- between age 7-14
- work away from home to help finanially
- boys - labourers
- girls domestics
- keep small wage as dowery
- marry between 24-28
- settle on land groom's parents rented
- matches chosen by best chance to survive
- families lived in one room together
- adult leisure time was spent away from the family with others of the same sex
- life expectancy was 45
- greater equality between men and women in rural areas