1st Edition
Children and Young People in Eighteenth-Century Malta, ca. 1740 to 1798
By Rakele Fiott
Copyright 2027
232 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
Set within the complex social world of Hospitaller Malta, this book explores how early modern Mediterranean childhood was understood, regulated and experienced. It situates Maltese young people within broader historiographical debates while foregrounding the island’s distinctive archival richness.
Children have long remained on the margins of early modern Mediterranean history, overshadowed by... Read more
Introduction
1. A Look at the History and Historiography
2. The Dynamics of the Courtroom Experience
3. The Street
4. Child Abandonment and Guardianship
Conclusion
Biography
Rakele Fiott is a historian specialising in social and socio-economic history of the Early Modern period, with particular research interests in the lives of young people and Malta. She read History at the University of Malta. Her publications include papers in Arkivju (2023), Melita Historica (2024), and Storja (2024). She is an active committee member of the Malta Historical Society.
