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A Global History of Child Death
Mortality, Burial, and Parental Attitudes
Amy J. Catalano
Drawing from primary research studies in archaeology, historical analysis, literature, and art this interdisciplinary look at the history of child funerary practices and other vehicles of parental mourning is the only book of its kind. The purpose of this work is to investigate the ways in which funerary behaviors and grieving differ between cultures and across time; from prehistory to modern history. Philippe Aries, the French childhood historian, argued that children were rarely mourned upon their deaths as child death was a frequent and expected event, especially in the Middle Ages. This book draws upon archaeological reports, secondary data analysis, and analysis of literature, photography and artwork to refute, and in some cases support, Aries’s claim. Organized in two parts, Part One begins with a chapter on the causes of childhood mortality and the steps taken to prevent it, followed by chapters on prehistory, ancient civilizations, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and the early modern and late modern eras. The chapters in Part Two discuss indicators of parental concern at a child’s death: naming practices, replacement strategy, baptism, consolation literature, and artwork. Students who focus on the psychological aspects of death, funeral practices, and childhood histories will find this book a useful and comprehensive tool for examining how children have been mourned since prehistory.
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- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2015. 175 pp.
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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Parental Attitudes toward Children
- Institutionalized Children
- Abandonment and Illegitimacy
- Burial Clubs
- Breastfeeding and Wet Nurses
- Wealth and Mortality
- Conflict
- Parent Education Level
- Other Causes of Mortality in Europe
- Parent Education, Child Rearing, and Other Examples of Actions Taken to Improve Mortality
- The First Children
- Burial Rituals
- Monuments
- Cillini
- Burials in Homes
- Jar Burials
- Status of Children in Burials
- Infanticide among Prehistoric Groups
- Evidence of Parental Concern
- Romans
- Ancient Athens
- Anglo Saxons
- Child Sacrifice in Ancient American Civilizations
- Vikings
- Effects of the Black Death
- Abandonment and Infanticide in Medieval Europe
- The Crusades
- Medieval Islam
- Medieval Ireland
- The Renaissance
- Noble Children of the Renaissance
- Divine Providence
- Responsibility for Child Mortality
- Women’s Writings
- Grieving Victorian Mothers
- Treatment of the Stillborn
- Grave Stones, Epitaphs, and Burials
- Burial Practices for Slave Children
- Newsboys
- Funerals and Mourning Dress in the Nineteenth Century
- Accusations of Infanticide
- Consolation and Grief
- Children’s Funerals and Religious Beliefs
- Treatment of Stillborn Infants
- Grieving Nurses Who Care for Dying Children
- Euthanasia by the Nazis
- High Child Mortality in the Modern World: The Case of the Women of the Alto
- Day of the Dead in Mexico
- Sandy Hook and School Shootings
- Modern Conflict and War
- Native North Americans
- Tribes of Africa
- South America
- Oceania
- North American Indians
- Tribes of Africa
- Burial Places
- Naming in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Colonial Uganda and the Zulu of South Africa
- HIV and Replacement in Zimbabwe
- The Replacement Child
- Plutarch’s Consolation Letter to His Wife
- Consolation Manuals for Parents
- Medieval Islam
- Jan of Poland’s Laments
- Lutheran Consolation Poetry in Modern Germany
- Yiddish Holocaust Lullabies
- Nineteenth Century England and America
- Modern Consolation
- Representation of Children in Art
- Memorial Photography
- Disability as a Reason for Infanticide
- Law and Punishment for Infanticide
- A Brief History of Infanticide in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Infant and Child Sacrifice
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- References
- Index
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Parental Attitudes toward Children
- Institutionalized Children
- Abandonment and Illegitimacy
- Burial Clubs
- Breastfeeding and Wet Nurses
- Wealth and Mortality
- Conflict
- Parent Education Level
- Other Causes of Mortality in Europe
- Parent Education, Child Rearing, and Other Examples of Actions Taken to Improve Mortality
- The First Children
- Burial Rituals
- Monuments
- Cillini
- Burials in Homes
- Jar Burials
- Status of Children in Burials
- Infanticide among Prehistoric Groups
- Evidence of Parental Concern
- Romans
- Ancient Athens
- Anglo Saxons
- Child Sacrifice in Ancient American Civilizations
- Vikings
- Effects of the Black Death
- Abandonment and Infanticide in Medieval Europe
- The Crusades
- Medieval Islam
- Medieval Ireland
- The Renaissance
- Noble Children of the Renaissance
- Divine Providence
- Responsibility for Child Mortality
- Women’s Writings
- Grieving Victorian Mothers
- Treatment of the Stillborn
- Grave Stones, Epitaphs, and Burials
- Burial Practices for Slave Children
- Newsboys
- Funerals and Mourning Dress in the Nineteenth Century
- Accusations of Infanticide
- Consolation and Grief
- Children’s Funerals and Religious Beliefs
- Treatment of Stillborn Infants
- Grieving Nurses Who Care for Dying Children
- Euthanasia by the Nazis
- High Child Mortality in the Modern World: The Case of the Women of the Alto
- Day of the Dead in Mexico
- Sandy Hook and School Shootings
- Modern Conflict and War
- Native North Americans
- Tribes of Africa
- South America
- Oceania
- North American Indians
- Tribes of Africa
- Burial Places
- Naming in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Colonial Uganda and the Zulu of South Africa
- HIV and Replacement in Zimbabwe
- The Replacement Child
- Plutarch’s Consolation Letter to His Wife
- Consolation Manuals for Parents
- Medieval Islam
- Jan of Poland’s Laments
- Lutheran Consolation Poetry in Modern Germany
- Yiddish Holocaust Lullabies
- Nineteenth Century England and America
- Modern Consolation
- Representation of Children in Art
- Memorial Photography
- Disability as a Reason for Infanticide
- Law and Punishment for Infanticide
- A Brief History of Infanticide in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Infant and Child Sacrifice
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- References
- Index
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- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Parental Attitudes toward Children
- Institutionalized Children
- Abandonment and Illegitimacy
- Burial Clubs
- Breastfeeding and Wet Nurses
- Wealth and Mortality
- Conflict
- Parent Education Level
- Other Causes of Mortality in Europe
- Parent Education, Child Rearing, and Other Examples of Actions Taken to Improve Mortality
- The First Children
- Burial Rituals
- Monuments
- Cillini
- Burials in Homes
- Jar Burials
- Status of Children in Burials
- Infanticide among Prehistoric Groups
- Evidence of Parental Concern
- Romans
- Ancient Athens
- Anglo Saxons
- Child Sacrifice in Ancient American Civilizations
- Vikings
- Effects of the Black Death
- Abandonment and Infanticide in Medieval Europe
- The Crusades
- Medieval Islam
- Medieval Ireland
- The Renaissance
- Noble Children of the Renaissance
- Divine Providence
- Responsibility for Child Mortality
- Women’s Writings
- Grieving Victorian Mothers
- Treatment of the Stillborn
- Grave Stones, Epitaphs, and Burials
- Burial Practices for Slave Children
- Newsboys
- Funerals and Mourning Dress in the Nineteenth Century
- Accusations of Infanticide
- Consolation and Grief
- Children’s Funerals and Religious Beliefs
- Treatment of Stillborn Infants
- Grieving Nurses Who Care for Dying Children
- Euthanasia by the Nazis
- High Child Mortality in the Modern World: The Case of the Women of the Alto
- Day of the Dead in Mexico
- Sandy Hook and School Shootings
- Modern Conflict and War
- Native North Americans
- Tribes of Africa
- South America
- Oceania
- North American Indians
- Tribes of Africa
- Burial Places
- Naming in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Colonial Uganda and the Zulu of South Africa
- HIV and Replacement in Zimbabwe
- The Replacement Child
- Plutarch’s Consolation Letter to His Wife
- Consolation Manuals for Parents
- Medieval Islam
- Jan of Poland’s Laments
- Lutheran Consolation Poetry in Modern Germany
- Yiddish Holocaust Lullabies
- Nineteenth Century England and America
- Modern Consolation
- Representation of Children in Art
- Memorial Photography
- Disability as a Reason for Infanticide
- Law and Punishment for Infanticide
- A Brief History of Infanticide in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Infant and Child Sacrifice
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- References
- Index
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Parental Attitudes toward Children
- Institutionalized Children
- Abandonment and Illegitimacy
- Burial Clubs
- Breastfeeding and Wet Nurses
- Wealth and Mortality
- Conflict
- Parent Education Level
- Other Causes of Mortality in Europe
- Parent Education, Child Rearing, and Other Examples of Actions Taken to Improve Mortality
- The First Children
- Burial Rituals
- Monuments
- Cillini
- Burials in Homes
- Jar Burials
- Status of Children in Burials
- Infanticide among Prehistoric Groups
- Evidence of Parental Concern
- Romans
- Ancient Athens
- Anglo Saxons
- Child Sacrifice in Ancient American Civilizations
- Vikings
- Effects of the Black Death
- Abandonment and Infanticide in Medieval Europe
- The Crusades
- Medieval Islam
- Medieval Ireland
- The Renaissance
- Noble Children of the Renaissance
- Divine Providence
- Responsibility for Child Mortality
- Women’s Writings
- Grieving Victorian Mothers
- Treatment of the Stillborn
- Grave Stones, Epitaphs, and Burials
- Burial Practices for Slave Children
- Newsboys
- Funerals and Mourning Dress in the Nineteenth Century
- Accusations of Infanticide
- Consolation and Grief
- Children’s Funerals and Religious Beliefs
- Treatment of Stillborn Infants
- Grieving Nurses Who Care for Dying Children
- Euthanasia by the Nazis
- High Child Mortality in the Modern World: The Case of the Women of the Alto
- Day of the Dead in Mexico
- Sandy Hook and School Shootings
- Modern Conflict and War
- Native North Americans
- Tribes of Africa
- South America
- Oceania
- North American Indians
- Tribes of Africa
- Burial Places
- Naming in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Colonial Uganda and the Zulu of South Africa
- HIV and Replacement in Zimbabwe
- The Replacement Child
- Plutarch’s Consolation Letter to His Wife
- Consolation Manuals for Parents
- Medieval Islam
- Jan of Poland’s Laments
- Lutheran Consolation Poetry in Modern Germany
- Yiddish Holocaust Lullabies
- Nineteenth Century England and America
- Modern Consolation
- Representation of Children in Art
- Memorial Photography
- Disability as a Reason for Infanticide
- Law and Punishment for Infanticide
- A Brief History of Infanticide in Different Cultures and Time Periods
- Infant and Child Sacrifice
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- References
- Index