Children In Early Modern Europe DBQ

Children DBQIn early modern Europe, unlike assumptions were made approximately children and how to get along them. about families went with detachment, tender love, or cruelty. All of these assumptions, more or less, affect child-rearing practices.In the 1550s in Florence, Italy, Benvenuto Cellini describes a eon where he visited his natural, born in wedlock, news. ..when I wanted to leave he refused to let me go.. breaking into a storm of crying and screaming I detached myself from my little boy and left him crying his look out (Document 4) Because the childhood mortality rate was so high, men and women would teach themselves to not get themselves so attached to their children, because they would pass away at the cause of or so sort of ailment or want of good health.In 1693, in London, a famous philosopher by the name of John Locke wrote an essay/book called, Some Thoughts Concerning Education. In it, he writes, ..I do not intend any other but such as suited to the childs capacity and apprehension ..they must be treated as rational creatures.. Make them sensible by the mildness of your carriage and composure When Locke write this he actor that if you show your child no emotion, your manner will teach them that everything you do is necessary for their well-being, and thus, teaching them that aught will be handed to them in life. (Document 11)In Amsterdam, in 1762, the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau informs us in his writing, Emile, about the negativities of indulgence. An excess of scratchiness and an excess of indulgence are both to be avoided. If by too much care you trim them every kind of discomfort Rousseau is telling us that by protecting the children from every sort of mischance in the world, you are not preparing them for the harsh life in early modern Europe. (Document 12)Although most preferent the detachment method when it came to children, some cherished their children and showered them in tender love. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, writes in a letter about her mothers way of raising her. We were bred tenderly, for my mother naturally did strive to please and delight her children, not to cross and torment them.. Bythis, she believes that cruelty and detachment to children is not healthy for their upbringing, that love is the right, more civil way up bettering your childs well-being. (Document 9)The families that do lose their children at a young age, some dont grieve while other do so and more. Martin Luther, a Protestant reformer, wrote a letter to a friend on the death of his thirteen year old daughter, Magdalene, in Wittenberg, Germany, 1542. The forte of our natural love is so great that we are unable to refrain from crying and grieving in our hearts and experiencing death ourselves Luther and his wife loved and cherished their daughter so greatly they were willing to try up their own bides to let their obedient and respectful daughter, Magdalene, live on. (Document 2)Some upper class fam ilies whose children do live on, raise their children with the utmost care, the best education, and so forth. Christoph Scheurl, a Nuremburg jurist and diplomat, wrote annual notes to himself about his boy Georgs growth and progress, in Nuremburg, Germany, 1538. He akins to learn, delights in it. He is now learning Donat and can already attend it from memory He knows where everything he puts between his teeth comes from Christoph has raised his soon-to-be 6 years old son to appreciate whats given to him, by showing him that the food that he eats is given to him by his fathers hard earned money. Christoph has also taught his son Donat, which is the Latin grammar of Donatus which is not something a pass up class child would learn let alone read. (Document 1)Some of the population of early modern Europe would revoke to cruelty when it came to raising their children. They viewed the young as nothing but insignificant beings. For example, King Henry IV wrote a letter to Madame de Mo ntglat, the governess to his six year old son, Louis, in Paris, 1607. I have a indisposition to make you do not send word that you have lambastped my son. I wish and command you to whip him every time he is obstinate or misbehaves King Henry IV makes this request to the governess because he wants his son to netherstand that doing a wrong will bring him consequences. Henry thinks he knows best because he was whipped as a child as well. (Document 8)The Domostroi, a Russian manual on household focussing written in Moscow, in the 1550s states that, A man who loves his son will whip him often.. He who disciplines his son will find a profit in him This document is stating that a man who whips his son, and one who gives him a good education, will make his son turn into a well-disciplined, understanding, humble man. Having a son like this, well give that father bragging rights among his friends. (Document 3)Jean Benedict, a Franciscan preacher, moralist, and professor of theology, writes A Summary of Sins, in Lyon, France, 1584. In this he writes, It must be noted that the command of the father obligates the child to obey under pain of mortal sin In this document, Benedict states that the feeling of performing sin should be ample pain and cruelty to makes the child feel his wrongdoings and repent his sins. (Document 7) In conclusion, in early modern Europe, various assumptions were made about children and how to raise them. Some families went with detachment, tender love, or cruelty. All of these assumptions, more or less, affected child-rearing practices.