Middle childhood takes place between the ages of 6 and 12.
Reference: Lifespan Development, Third Edition, Boyd, Bee Johnson, , pg 271, Chapter 9, Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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There is not a lot of recorded history about child labor in the Middle Ages, but we do know that they started as apprentices at about the age of seven. Most children were not apprentices, but were of the laboring class of serfs, who had no particular need for specialized training. The children who lived on farms probably started working at a younger age. The Wikipedia article on Childhood as the following quote at the beginning of the section on the history of childhood: "It has been argued that childhood is not a natural phenomenon but a creation of society." This is much more a comment on our times than on the Middle Ages, but it is something to keep in mind when studying other times and places. There is a link below.
The duration of Middle Age Spread is 1.63 hours.
The Renaissance
The Renaissance never came to some abrupt end. But in the middle of the 18th century, the Enlightenment philosophy, fathered by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, gradually caused the start of what became known as the Age of Sensibility.
A member of the Catholic church.