The Children Interlaced in One Thousand Years Of Agony
The phrase, children should be seen and not heard, dominated in every aspect during the middle ages. A child’s life would be based off of what class they were born into and sadly no child was able to experience the blissful childhood most children have today. You see, the middle ages were very hard times, which is why I will be explaining a background of the middle ages. Also, since these times were difficult for children, I will be explaining how these times affected children in their everyday lives, and through their health. From 467 A.D, to the 15th century the values set in this time period spread throughout the world, and so did the did the distress, put upon children.
In order to …show more content…
This gothic time period was centered around the collapse of the Western Roman empire in 467 A.D, which was caused by many events. For instance, as stated in, “The Fall of the Roman Empire,” “The Visigoths looted, burned, and pillaged their way through the city, leaving a wake of destruction wherever they went. The plundering continued for three days. For the first time in nearly a millennium, the city of Rome was in the hands of someone other than the Romans. This was the first time that the city of Rome was sacked, but by no means the last.” Also, the Catholic Church became very powerful, people then felt compelled to live their lives devoted to God, the bible, and the ways of catholicism. This way of interpreting life began to define the middle ages simply because no major accomplishments were made, and all forms …show more content…
Children were not able to live the lighthearted and joyous life most children live today, and all because work dominated this time period. For example as stated by, Simon Newman, “The uselessness of children in the Middle Ages is most apparent in the art and literature of the time, where almost no children are depicted or written about. Medieval adults most likely saw children as fragile, unstable and immature, and as beings whose only purpose in life was to survive.” This harsh reality kept most children out of trouble, and in set in a cycle of work, and helping out. Additionally, children were expected to go and work at another family's house, a family business, or stay home and take care of things around the house- and all by the age of seven! Of course children weren’t expected to work full time, but they were expected to always be helping out. Some jobs ranged from feeding live stock, taking care of siblings, and doing chores around the house. Naturally, lower income families needed more assistance from children to help the household run properly, and only a small amount of duties were seen as being too much for a child. However, you’re probably thinking to yourself that these children never had any time to play/weren’t allowed to play, and I can for sure tell you that is false. “Children’s toys were almost always handmade by the family. These toys included dolls, tops and
The phrase, children should be seen and not heard, dominated in every aspect during the middle ages. A child’s life would be based off of what class they were born into and sadly no child was able to experience the blissful childhood most children have today. You see, the middle ages were very hard times, which is why I will be explaining a background of the middle ages. Also, since these times were difficult for children, I will be explaining how these times affected children in their everyday lives, and through their health. From 467 A.D, to the 15th century the values set in this time period spread throughout the world, and so did the did the distress, put upon children.
In order to …show more content…
This gothic time period was centered around the collapse of the Western Roman empire in 467 A.D, which was caused by many events. For instance, as stated in, “The Fall of the Roman Empire,” “The Visigoths looted, burned, and pillaged their way through the city, leaving a wake of destruction wherever they went. The plundering continued for three days. For the first time in nearly a millennium, the city of Rome was in the hands of someone other than the Romans. This was the first time that the city of Rome was sacked, but by no means the last.” Also, the Catholic Church became very powerful, people then felt compelled to live their lives devoted to God, the bible, and the ways of catholicism. This way of interpreting life began to define the middle ages simply because no major accomplishments were made, and all forms …show more content…
Children were not able to live the lighthearted and joyous life most children live today, and all because work dominated this time period. For example as stated by, Simon Newman, “The uselessness of children in the Middle Ages is most apparent in the art and literature of the time, where almost no children are depicted or written about. Medieval adults most likely saw children as fragile, unstable and immature, and as beings whose only purpose in life was to survive.” This harsh reality kept most children out of trouble, and in set in a cycle of work, and helping out. Additionally, children were expected to go and work at another family's house, a family business, or stay home and take care of things around the house- and all by the age of seven! Of course children weren’t expected to work full time, but they were expected to always be helping out. Some jobs ranged from feeding live stock, taking care of siblings, and doing chores around the house. Naturally, lower income families needed more assistance from children to help the household run properly, and only a small amount of duties were seen as being too much for a child. However, you’re probably thinking to yourself that these children never had any time to play/weren’t allowed to play, and I can for sure tell you that is false. “Children’s toys were almost always handmade by the family. These toys included dolls, tops and