Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9320
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Parsons , John Carmi.
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  • Title: Que Nos in Infancia Lactauit: The Impact of Childhood Care-Givers on Plantagenet Family Relationships in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries [topics discussed include the concern of the royal parents, the efforts made to integrate children into their birth families, and the loyalty adult children felt for their caregivers and their families].
  • Source: Women, Marriage, and Family in Medieval Christendom: Essays in Memory of Michael M. Sheehan, C.S.B.  Edited by Constance M. Rousseau and Joel T. Rosenthal.  Western Michigan University, 1998.  Pages 289 - 324.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Child Care Workers Children Family Infants Kings Plantagenets, Dynasty Servants Wet Nurses
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13- 14
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  • Related Resources: John Parsons also explores an aspect of medieval childhood. He starts with the premise that medieval people--in this case royal parents--did have concern and affection for their children as children, as well as an investment in them politically (for other
  • Author's Affiliation: University of Toronto
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 1879288656