Inquiring into childhood is one of the most appropriate ways to address the perennial and essential question of what it is that makes human beings – each of u

In this lively and accessible book, Colin Heywood explores the changing experiences and perceptions of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the beginning of

from the Foreword: Possibly the heartless treatment of children, from the practice of infanticide and abandonment through to the neglect, the rigors of swaddlin

Filling a gap in a field with very few teaching books available, Childhood in World History provides a much-needed historical overview. Studying childhood histo

While children are a relatively unchanging fact of life, childhood is a constantly shifting concept. Throughout the millennia, the age at which a child becomes