Tudor Children

Nicholas Orme

Published by Yale University Press 2023

Tudor Children

Nicholas Orme

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300271683

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About this book

The first history of childhood in Tudor England

“Tudor Children is social history at its best. . . . By connecting with our own history as children, Orme invites us to embrace a new way of engaging with the past.”—Joanne Paul, Times (UK)

What was it like to grow up in England under the Tudors? How were children cared for, what did they play with, and what dangers did they face?

In this beautifully illustrated and characteristically lively account, leading historian Nicholas Orme provides a rich survey of childhood in the period. Beginning with birth and infancy, he explores all aspects of children’s experiences, including the games they played, such as Blind Man’s Bluff and Mumble-the-Peg, and the songs they sang, such as “Three Blind Mice” and “Jack Boy, Ho Boy.” He shows how social status determined everything from the food children ate and the clothes they wore to the education they received and the work they undertook.

Although childhood and adolescence could be challenging and even hazardous, it was also, as Nicholas Orme shows, a treasured time of learning and development. By looking at the lives of Tudor children we can gain a richer understanding of the era as a whole.

Author / Editor information

Nicholas Orme is emeritus professor of history at Exeter University. He has written more than thirty books on the religious and social history of England, including Medieval Children, The History of England’s Cathedrals, and Going to Church in Medieval England, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.

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CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
PREFACE Nicholas Orme Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1 BIRTH AND INFANCY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 THE HOME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 PLAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4 RELIGION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
5 SCHOOL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
6 SPEECH, SONGS, AND STORIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
7 GROWING UP Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
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Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 60 color illus.

eBook

Published: April 11, 2023
ISBN: 9780300271683