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Youth and Authority: Formative Experiences in England 1560-1640

Paul Griffiths

In this new work, Paul Griffiths surveys the attitudes and activities of young people, examining their reaction to authority and to society's concept of the `ideal place' for them in the social order. He sheds new light on issues as diverse as juvenile delinquency, masculinity, sexual behavior and courtship, clothing, catechizing, office-holding, and church seating plans. His research reveals much about the nature of youth culture, religious commitment, and master/servant relations, and leads to the identification of a separate milieu of `masterless' young people.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Clarendon Press
  • Publish Date: May 23rd, 1996
  • Pages: 472
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.52in - 6.43in - 1.32in - 1.95lb
  • EAN: 9780198204756
  • Categories: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralLife Stages - Adolescence

Praise for this book

"Griffiths has produced a stimulating, carefully argued study that demolishes the views of those who contend that the idea of youth did not come into being until after the period addressed by this fine book."--CHOICE

"[A]n extensively researched and well-written book."--The Journal of Social History

"There is much fascinating material here...[T]he book provides a subtle and sophisticated understanding of the experiences of youth in early modern England...[Griffiths] captures a sense of the humanity of the young men and women who fill his pages."--Modern Europe