Fechar
Historians
on Childhood
Romanticism
Beginning of the 19th century
Government developed welfare state 19th century
Literacy sources -
early-modern childhood
Visual sources
Renaissance/Victorian
Aries (1960)
Most influential historians from the post-war era
16th and 17th century the emergence of the modern family
Aries strongest claim - “Children did not count”
Linda Pollock (1983) totally refuses Aries
Lloyd de Mause (1974) -Nightmare picture of childhood
Christians - childhood constructed as a time of evil and wildness
Puritans (Same view as Christians)
John Locke (1962) was completely opposed to the views of the Christians and Puritans
Rousseau - Romantic philosopher from the 18th century - childhood is a time of innocence
