- Jeugd, Kinderen, Medieval History, Social history
"This is a history of children in England from Anglo-Saxon times to the sixteenth century - the first of its kind." "Starting at birth, it shows how they were named and baptised, and traces the significance of birthdays and ages.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
YesNoUnclear
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Nicholas Orme
- First published
- December 1, 2001
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780300097542
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 1 have read it and 21 want to.
First sentence
“WHAT IS CHILDHOOD?”
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
Dark emu 201485% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Economists' Hour 201983% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Neither Black nor white 197183% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Been in the storm so long 197981% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Self-taught 200581% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
The Rape of Europa 199481% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.- Securing sex 201680% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Film · Both grave, earnest, classical in form.
The Post 201774% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, earnest, grave.