Yes Peter. Also child-hood ends at different times in different times. I
think that I'm visualising data in two sets:- A broad definition of
child-hood based on the CRC, a set according to the norm in time and place.
One of the indicators for the latter might be consent (or otherwise) to
consumate a marriage. In the modern world one might include democratic
enfranchisement but clearly for much of history (including modern history)
that wouldn't be relevant.
All the best
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Edge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Child witches in Europe and the northern
hemisphere
>> Good question. If one were to include children and adolescents and used
>> World Health Organization criteria as the basis for an operational
>> definition the age range would be 0-19 years.
>>
>> A definition used for child labout is 5-14 years old.
>>
>> For my purposes I think a broader definition is better because child
>> soldiers are usually defined as being under 18 years old.
>
> Which I think is based on the international legal criteria? I wonder if
> there is not an argument for saying that 'child-hood' ends at different
> times in different places - in which case you could consider using the
> national age of majority as a criteria (or where is no 'the age of
> majority', a key marker such as the ability to marry/form civil
> partnership)?
>
> Peter.
>
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Chris
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Morgan Leigh" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Child witches in Europe and the
>> northern hemisphere
>>
>>
>>> Are teenagers children? If so check out Doug Ezzy and Helen Berger's new
>>> book Teenage Witches.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Morgan Leigh
>>>
>>> Christopher Kimberley wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to build a bibliography of references to child witches. I'm
>>>> familiar to a certain extent with the Edict of Grace when
>>>>
>>>> "In the famous witch-hunt in the Basque country in 1610-14, when
>>>> witches
>>>> were given freedom to confess with impunity, more than 1300 of the some
>>>> 1800 individuals who confessed were minors"
>>>>
>>>> Levack, Brian P.
>>>> The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. Harlow, England: Longman
>>>> Group UK Limited. 1992
>>>>
>>>> An references to child witches in other times and places will be
>>>> gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>
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