Table of Contents:
“…The Idea of childhood -- Ages of life -- Discovery of childhood -- Children's dress -- Modest contribution to the history of games and pastimes -- From immodesty to innocence -- Conclusion: Two concepts of childhood -- Scholastic life -- Medieval scholars young and old -- New institution: the college -- Origins of the school class -- Pupil's age -- Progress of discipline -- From day-school to boarding-school -- The 'Little schools' -- Roughness of schoolchildren -- Conclusion: School and the duration of childhood -- Family -- Pictures of the family -- From the medieval family to the modern family -- Conclusion: Family and sociability.…”