National Geographic History (March/April 2016)
Language: English
Pages: 100
ISBN: B01HOT9G68
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
National Geographic History not only inflames and quenches the curiosity of history buffs, it informs and entertains anyone who appreciates that the truth indeed is stranger than fiction. And that history is not just about our forebears. It’s about us. It’s about you.
National Geographic History – March/April 2016-P2P
English | PDF | 100 pages | 47,23 MB
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to whether such tender notions were the exception or the rule. Some question whether people in the Middle Ages understood the concept of “childhood” at all. The period certainly offers startlingly severe reflections on children, such as those of the Italian scholar Philip of Novara, who saw a child’s affection for its carer as a survival tactic: “[W]ithout this, they will be so dirty and annoying in infancy and so naughty and capricious that it is hardly worth nurturing them.” Coming Into the