History of Childhood

So after today I’m blogging my six key points from Aries, P. Centuries of Childhood, Chapter 2. These points were:

α    Medieval art up until the 12^th Century did not recognise childhood.

α    When children did appear in art the only difference was their height.

α    It appears that the discovery of childhood was in the 13^th Century.

α    Few types of children found in 13^th Century art are closer to the modern concept of childhood.

α    The 17^th Century appears to be of great importance to the evolution of childhood.

α    The general feeling was that you had several children knowing that you would probably only keep a couple.

I found it interesting of how little importance children were to their families as they had been programmed to not get attached to them as they may die at a young age. It was also interesting being able to see the evolution of childhood through art as this is another alternative to reading it if someone would prefer.

On another note…

I found the workshop on Reading and Note-Taking useful last night as it gave me a good idea of ways that I can write notes so that I am only writing relevant things down. Am looking forward to going to a couple more workshops as I feel they will be useful towards my overall study skills.

TTFN x