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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Biographical Notes; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Research on the History of Children and Childhood in the Nordic Countries; Aim and Guiding Questions of This Volume; Title and Period Studied; Structure and Scope of the Volume; Central Themes and Findings; Significance of the Volume for Further Interdisciplinary and International Research; Notes; Part 1 Spheres of Life: Home, Church, and Society; Chapter 2 The Child in Norwegian and Scandinavian Folk Beliefs |
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Protection of the Unborn ChildPredictions about the Unborn Child; A Darling of Fortune (Literally: "A Child of Luck"); Crisis Protection of the Child in the Cradle; Bestowal of a Name and Baptism; Failures of Care and the Loss of Children; Fighting Folk Beliefs and "Superstition"; Folk Beliefs and the Care of Children in Recent Times; Notes; Chapter 3 The Household Code: Protestant Upbringing in Denmark-Norway from the Reformation to the Enlightenment; The Household Code and the Reformers; The Household Code and the Doctrine of Three Estates |
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The Norwegian "Trumpet" Petter Dass and The Household CodePontoppidan's Pietistic Explanation of the Catechism; Tradition and New Beginnings in Christian Education after 1750; C.C. Birch and His Attitude to The Household Code; The Parent's Protest and the Schoolmaster Pade's Defense; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4 "Let the Little Children Come to Me": Representations of Children in the Confessional Culture of Lutheran; Jesus and the Children: A Lutheran View of Children and Family; "Some Children are Like Apes" Learning by Imitation; Dead Children and the Hope of Resurrection |
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Out of the Church: The Absence of ParentsConclusion; Notes; Chapter 5 Education of Children in Rural Finland: The Roles of Homes, Churches, and Manor Houses; Catechetical Teaching and the Role of Individual Households; The Clergy's Engagement with Literary Education; An Age of Transition: Individual Initiatives for Rural Education; Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 6 Children's Rights and Duties: Snapshots into the History of Educationand Child Protection in Denmark (ca. 1700-1900); Snapshot #1: The Right to Life, Health, and Religious Education within the Household Regime (ca. 1700) |
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Snapshot #2: Universal Schooling Secured by the State (ca. 1800)Snapshot #3: Legal Systems of Child Protection and the Child Act (ca. 1900); Conclusion; Notes; Part 2 Children's Development: Formation, Education, and Work; Chapter 7 "A Plain and Cheerful, Active Life on Earth": Children, Education, and Faith in the Works of N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872, Denmark); Foundational Conceptions of Children and Humanity: Made in the Image of God and Embodied Spirits; Christian and Nordic Elements in Grundtvig's Conceptions of Children and Humanity |
| Summary |
"This volume strengthens interest and research in the fields of both Childhood Studies and Nordic Studies by exploring conceptions of children and childhood in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). Although some books have been written about the history of childhood in these countries, few are multidisciplinary, focus on this region as a whole, or are available in English. This volume contains essays by scholars from the fields of literature, history, theology, religious studies, intellectual history, cultural studies, Scandinavian studies, education, music, and art history. Contributors study the history of childhood in a wide variety of sources, such as folk and fairy tales, legal codes, religious texts, essays on education, letters, sermons, speeches, hymns, paintings, novels, and school essays written by children themselves. They also examine texts intended specifically for children, including text books, catechisms, newspapers, songbooks, and children's literature. By bringing together scholars from multiple disciplines who raise distinctive questions about childhood and take into account a wide range of sources, the book offers a fresh and substantive contribution to the history of childhood in the Nordic countries between 1700 and 1960. The volume also helps readers trace the historical roots of the internationally recognized practices and policies regarding child welfare within the Nordic countries today and prompts readers from any country to reflect on their own conceptions of and commitments to children."--Provided by publisher |
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Children -- Scandinavia -- History
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Children -- Scandinavia -- Social conditions
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Child development -- Scandinavia -- History
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Children's literature, Scandinavian -- History and criticism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Scandinavian.
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Child development
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Children
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Children -- Social conditions
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Children's literature, Scandinavian
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Scandinavia
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bunge, Marcia
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Roos, Merethe
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| ISBN |
9781315231723 |
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1315231727 |
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