Philippe Aries Quotes:
Life: July 21, 1914 - February 8, 1984
Birthday: July 21
Death: February 8
Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of any sort whatever--whether that of courtier, soldier, administrator, merchant or workman--a boy did not amass the knowledge necessary to ply that trade before entering it, but threw himself into it; he then acquired the necessary knowledge.
source: Philippe Ariès (1962). “Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life”, Vintage
topic: Boys, Order, Soldier, Plies, Courtiers, Administrators
