The Knowledge of Childhood in the German Middle Ages, 1100-1350

"This engaging interdisciplinary study succeeds well in its ambition of interpreting texts from the distant past through the lens of cultural studies." ~Speculum

"Two important conclusions . . . seem to be secure. First Ariès's view that the Middle Ages had no concept of childhood is simply no longer tenable. Second, Schultz provides strong evidence which confounds any normative view of 'Western' childhood; concepts of childhood are culturally conditioned and historically transient." ~Times Literary Supplement