The Age of Childhood and Its Periodization in the View of the "Academic Culture" of the Hetmanschyna of the ХVІІІ Century

Abstract

The article attempts to find out the age limits of childhood and its periodization in the vision of the learned culture of the Hetmanate. First of all, I tell about religious instruction and philosophical texts that could influence their recipients and contribute to bringing the child's vision to a popular culture. It was established that the most important age-line in this sense was the age of seven, from which man acquired "church capacity" and became responsible for his actions before God. An important age dividend was also the minimum marriage age (14 and 12) years, from which the child was considered sufficiently grown to create a family.