Pox and Parents: Educational Choices in the Light of Smallpox Epidemics in Seventeenth-Century England

Autor/in	Spieker, Susanne
Titel	Pox and Parents: Educational Choices in the Light of Smallpox Epidemics in Seventeenth-Century England
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 58 (2022) 5, S.591-609 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Spieker, Susanne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2022.2090850
Schlagwörter	Educational History; Decision Making; Letters (Correspondence); Family Relationship; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Communicable Diseases; Health Services; Medical Services; Child Rearing; Tutors; Educational Attainment; Epidemiology; Public Health; Spouses; Information Sources; Censorship; Newspapers; Parent Child Relationship; Prevention; Disease Control; Service Occupations; Family Environment; Foreign Countries; Educational Practices; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Brief; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Arzt; Kindererziehung; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Epidemiologie; Ehepartner; Information source; Informationsquelle; Politische Zensur; Newspaper; Zeitung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Dienstleistungsberuf; Familienmilieu; Ausland; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	This study offers a microhistory by exploring the impact regular smallpox outbreaks had on the lives of gentry families in seventeenth-century England. It particularly focuses on the question as in what way smallpox influenced upbringing and educational decisions and draws on a collection of personal letters of the Clarke family (1667-1710), mainly correspondence between Mary (neé Jepp) (approx. 1655/7-1705) and her husband Edward Clarke I of Chipley (1650-1710), Somerset, and their children. Personal letters contain various information about infectious diseases, such as symptoms, care, and medical treatment. It is argued that the constant threat of epidemics of smallpox influenced the upbringing and education of children with regard to personnel, for example tutors or governesses, places, schools, and institutions, and the duration of studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01