Did Ancient and Medieval Parents Love Their Children Less?

Medieval infant mortality was incredibly high, and parents had to learn to deal with the near certainty of experiencing the deaths of at least one child. But did this affect the love that they had for their children? Watch to find out what we know about medieval parent’s love and affection for their children and how we know about it. Patreon: Further Reading Philippe Ariès, Centuries of Childhood (bear in mind that this is a 1962 English translation of the French original, L’Enfant et la Vie Familiale sous l’Ancien Régime. If you can read French, it’s better to read the original as I’ve seen some criticisms of the translation). Lawrence Stone, Family, Sex and Marriage in England, 1500-1800 (this work is critiqued by Alan MacFarlane in a review essay here: ) Linda Pollock, Forgotten Children: Parent-Child Relations, 1500-1900 Hugh Cunningham, children and Childhood in Western Soci