Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: after Ariès / P. J. P. Goldberg, Felicity Riddy and Mike Tyler
  • Childhood and youth in the Early Middle Ages / Edward James
  • Jewish society under pressure: the concept of childhood / Simha Goldin
  • Desiring virgins: maidens, martyrs and femininity in Late Medieval England / Kim M. Phillips
  • Out of the mouths of babes: authority in pearl and in narratives of the child King Richard / Rosalynn Voaden
  • A safe-haven for children? The Early Humiliati and provision for children / Frances Andrews
  • Migration, youth and gender in Later Medieval England / P. J. P Goldberg
  • Good advice on leaving home in the romances / Helen Cooper
  • 'Youth on the Prow': three young kings in the Late Viking Age / Judith Jesch