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A book on household management (Italian c.1400, by Fra Giovanni Dominici, I
think) tells parents to take their children to church when there are very
few people around to show them the pictures there as part of their religious
education. You can find the relevant extract in Creighton Gilbert's book on
Art Historical sources and documents.
Amanda Lillie, cites 15thC Italian examples where the difficulties of
women's travel during pregnancy, or when accompanied by small children are
cited as justifications for the building of estate chapels close to the
owner's residence. 'Patronage of Villa chapels...' in E. Marchand and A.
Wright 'With and Without the medici'
So these two sources point in different directions.
Laura
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From: "katherine french" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 22 November 2005 13:18
Subject: Re: Children in church
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Good and interesting question. Barbara Hanawalt found a few children who
> died in their houses while there parents were at church. I think that
> Nicholas Orme's book on children has a bit on boys serving in the liturgy,
> but mostly I've never found much of a discussion of this issue. Even in
> excuses for failure to attend church, child care is not given as a reason.
> I too would be interested in topic.
> Kit French
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:52:08 +0000
> Chris Daniell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>> Does anyone know articles or accounts of the attitude and presence of
>> children in church. (I am thinking here of the practicalities of children
>> in church during services.) As the father of an active 3 year old who can
>> explore or enjoy playing with toys in the church it struck me that I
>> can't think of Medieval English examples of people commenting on children
>> in church. Were children excluded, segregated, ignored or accepted and
>> tolerated. I suspect the latter but have no examples one way or the
>> other.
>>
>> Chris Daniell
>>
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