Description
About the Author
Merridee L. Bailey is a social and cultural historian of late medieval and early modern England. She is an Associate Member of the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.
Reviews
A thoroughly researched and clearly written book, and.an important contribution to the history of childhood. * THE RICARDIAN *
A very useable overview and well-thought-out interpretation of a large corpus of texts very important to the history of English literature and elite culture. * SPECULUM *
This is an excellent continuation of the recent interest in the history of the child. ... A well-researched and solidly argued study. * MEDIAEVISTIK *
Bailey's mastery of the didactic and proscriptive texts she has studied is exhaustive and commendable, made even more impressive by the sheer number of manuscripts and incunabula she consulted. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *
[The author's] comprehensive research provides a foundation for future scholars to work in a rich field that rewards close analysis. * MEDIUM AEVUM *
Offers important new ways of understanding the construction of late medieval and early modern society from childhood into adulthood. * PARERGON *
An important study of continuities and shifts in the literature that shaped children and attitudes toward children and young people in Late Medieval and sixteenth-century England. * CHILDHOOD IN THE PAST *
[M]akes a number of significant contributions to the existing historiography. [...] a well-researched and thoughtfully argued monograph which I hope receives significant attention from social and cultural historians of late medieval and early modern England. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *
Book Information
ISBN 9781903153765
Author Merridee L. Bailey
Format Paperback
Page Count 279
Imprint York Medieval Press
Publisher York Medieval Press