2nd International Symposium on Medieval and Early Modern Culture, University of Arizona, Tucson, 2004
CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY RELATIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE EARLY MODERN AGE
APRIL 30-MAY 2, 2004
Adoration of the Magi, Book of Hours, Syracuse University, Ms 7, fol. 86v (ca. 1484-1529)
How did people perceive children and childhood? Can we still subscribe to Philippe Aries’s thesis? What do know we about family structures? What was the gender relationship within a family?
PAPER FROM ALL RELEVANT ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES ARE WELCOME
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, EXCEPTIONALLY ALSO FRENCH AND GERMAN (but then with an abstract in English)
SUBMIT ABSTRACT BY: JANUARY 23, 2004 TO:
PROFESSOR ALBRECHT CLASSEN
DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN STUDIES
301 LEARNING SERVICES BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
TUCSON, AZ 85721
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e-mail: aclassen@u.arizona.edu
Abstract: ca. 1 page (in English, German, French, Spanish, or Italian) Length of Presentation: ca. 25 minutes
Hopefully, we will be able to publish a selection of the conference proceedings. For recent research on this topic, see:
Essays in Medieval Studies 12 (1995), ed. by Nicole Clifton