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02715aam a2200349 i 4500 001 989C7CD8F17F11EE82DF7F7D41ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240403010045 008 230209t20232023enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1843846519 020 $a 9781843846512 035 $a (OCoLC)1370614962 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d YDX $d CDX $d OCL $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 041 1 $a dum $a lat $a dum $h dum $h dum 043 $a e------ 050 4 $a PN682 P28 S39 2023 100 1 $a Sawyer, Rose A., $e author. 245 14 $a The medieval changeling : $b health, childcare, and the family unit / $c Rose A. Sawyer. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b D.S. Brewer, $c 2023. 300 $a xii, 253 pages : $b illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index. 520 8 $a "The changeling - a monstrous creature swapped for a human child by malevolent powers - is an enduring image in the popular imagination; dubbing a child a changeling is traditionally understood as a way to justify the often-violent rejection of a disabled or ailing infant. Belief in the reality of changelings is famously attested in Stephen of Bourbon's disapproving thirteenth-century account of rites at the shrine of Saint Guinefort the Holy Greyhound, where sick children were brought to be cured. However, the focus on the St. Guinefort rituals has meant some scholarly neglect of the wealth of other sources of knowledge (including mystery plays and medical texts) and the nuances with which the changeling motif was used in this period. This interdisciplinary study considers the idea of the changeling as a cultural construct through an examination of a broad range of medical, miracle, and imaginative texts, as well as the lives of three more conventional Saints, Stephen, Bartholomew and Lawrence, who, in their infancy, were said to have been replaced by a demonic changeling. The author highlights how people from all walks of life were invested in both creating and experiencing the images, texts and artefacts depicting these changelings, and examines societal tensions regarding infants and children: their health, their care, and their position within the familial unit"-- $c Page 4 of cover. 546 $a Chiefly English; with some texts in Latin and Middle Dutch. 650 0 $a Changelings $x History. 650 0 $a Parent and child in literature. 650 0 $a Child care $x History. 650 0 $a Social history $y Medieval, 500-1500. 651 0 $a Europe $x History $y To 1500. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403012525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=989C7CD8F17F11EE82DF7F7D41ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search