Download or read book Children of Islam written by A. Gil'adi and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-07-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of the first comprehensive research, carried out within the framework of Islamic Studies, on childhood in medieval Muslim society. It deals with the images of children, with adults' attitudes towards them, and with concepts of childhood as reflected in legal, theological, philosophical, ethical and medical writings as well as works of belles lettres. The studies included in this volume are based on the historical-philological methodology enriched by a comparative approach towards the subject.