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

• Main Author: Eschenbach, Gunilla (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2022
• Subjects: Netherlands; Library, archive & information management; History: specific events & topics; Dutch; infant catechisms, early childhood religious education, childdirected speech, religious pedagogy
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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...