Childhood, Orphans and Underage Heirs in Medieval Rural England Growing up in the Village /

• Main Author: Müller, Miriam (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Europe-History-476-1492.; Childhood.; Adolescence.; Social history.; Civilization-History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Medieval Europe.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.; Social History.; Cultural History.

This book explores the experience of childhood and adolescence in later medieval English rural society from 1250 to 1450. Hit by major catastrophes - the Great Famine and then a few decades later the Black Death - this book examines how rural society coped with children left orphaned, and land inher...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Vulnerable Members of the Community
• Chapter 3: Inheritance, Rights and Goods
• Chapter 4: Looking after Underaged Heirs
• Chapter 5: Plotting out a Living
• Chapter 6: Conclusion.