TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The medieval changeling : health, childcare, and the family unit
A1  - Sawyer, Rose A., kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY
PB  - D.S. Brewer
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5632921
AB  - The changeling - a monstrous creature swapped for a human child by malevolent powers - is an enduring image in the popular imagination; dubbing a child a changeling is traditionally understood as a way to justify the often-violent rejection of a disabled or ailing infant. Belief in the reality of changelings is famously attested in Stephen of Bourbon's disapproving thirteenth-century account of rites at the shrine of Saint Guinefort the Holy Greyhound, where sick children were brought to be cured. However, the focus on the St. Guinefort rituals has meant some scholarly neglect of the wealth of other sources of knowledge (including mystery plays and medical texts) and the nuances with which the changeling motif was used in this period.0This interdisciplinary study considers the idea of the changeling as a cultural construct through an examination of a broad range of medical, miracle, and imaginative texts, as well as the lives of three more conventional Saints, Stephen, Bartholomew and Lawrence, who, in their infancy, were said to have been replaced by a demonic changeling. The author highlights how people from all walks of life were invested in both creating and experiencing the images, texts and artefacts depicting these changelings, and examines societal tensions regarding infants and children: their health, their care, and their position within the familial unit --
SN  - 978-1-84384-651-2 kovakantinen
KW  - To 1500
KW  - historia
KW  - keskiaika
KW  - sosiaalihistoria
KW  - vanhempi-lapsisuhde
KW  - lastenhoito
KW  - Changelings : History.
KW  - Parent and child in literature.
KW  - Child care : History.
KW  - Social history : Medieval, 500-1500.
KW  - Changelings.
KW  - Child care.
KW  - Social history : Medieval.
KW  - Eurooppa
KW  - Europe : History : To 1500.
KW  - Europe.
ER  -