Chapter Child-directed speech in catechisms for the religious education of children under the age of three in early modern Germany and the Dutch Republic

• Päätekijä: Eschenbach, Gunilla (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2022
• Aiheet: Netherlands; Library, archive & information management; History: specific events & topics; Dutch; infant catechisms, early childhood religious education, childdirected speech, religious pedagogy
• Linkit: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This article presents three early catechisms for the religious education of children under the age of three, printed in Germany and the Netherlands. Two of them were best- and long sellers on the book market, while one of them was a commercial failure. Catechisms were influential reading primers. Th...