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Baby tossing was a sport practised by the European
gentry to amuse itself in
the Middle Ages.
The infant was thrown from one player to another.
One notable
incident was the death of King Henry IV's infant brother. The baby was
accidentally killed while he was being tossed from window to window
and fell to his death.
References
Lefrançois, Guy R.
(2001). Of children: an introduction to child and adolescent
development. Wadsworth.
deMause L. (1974). The evolution of
childhood. In L. deMause (Ed.), The history of childhood. New York:
Psychohistory Press.
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