Godchildren, Soldiers' Boys, and Casualties: Children in Early Modern Village Society and the Thirty Years' War
Presentation Type
Event
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Shari Orisich
Other Mentors
Additional Mentor: Brian Nance, History
Major
History
Minor
Dramatic Arts
Presentation Abstract
The Thirty Years' War which raged across Europe from 1618 to 1648 was the most deadly pre-modern war in terms of child deaths. This essay will examine the ties that bound children to village life in the regions of Hesse-Kassel and other regions of Germany, including Freiburg and Naumburg, and how the relationship between child and village was torn apart by the Thirty Years' War. Through an examination of chronicles, account books and memoirs, this research will illustrate that children relied on ties of kinship, and demonstrate the danger that the fracture of these kinship bonds created for children who tried to survive this tumultuous period in European history.
Course
HIST 498-01
Location
Brittain Hall, Room 101
Start Date
16-4-2019 4:40 PM
End Date
16-4-2019 5:00 PM
Disciplines
History
Recommended Citation
Graham, Samuel, "Godchildren, Soldiers' Boys, and Casualties: Children in Early Modern Village Society and the Thirty Years' War" (2019). Undergraduate Research Competition. 22.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2019/oral/22
Godchildren, Soldiers' Boys, and Casualties: Children in Early Modern Village Society and the Thirty Years' War
Brittain Hall, Room 101
The Thirty Years' War which raged across Europe from 1618 to 1648 was the most deadly pre-modern war in terms of child deaths. This essay will examine the ties that bound children to village life in the regions of Hesse-Kassel and other regions of Germany, including Freiburg and Naumburg, and how the relationship between child and village was torn apart by the Thirty Years' War. Through an examination of chronicles, account books and memoirs, this research will illustrate that children relied on ties of kinship, and demonstrate the danger that the fracture of these kinship bonds created for children who tried to survive this tumultuous period in European history.