'Nicholas Orme knows more about medieval childhood than anyone living, and this substantial, hugely enjoyable book is the capstone on thirty years of scholarship.' The Independent 'charming and erudite' The Times 'a triumph of judicious scholarship and common sense ...Orme's is one of the most beautifully and intelligently illustrated academic works I've encountered ...a model ...(展开全部)

Children in the Middle Ages had far less time for the pleasures we associate with childhood. Marriages came earlier, and death from war, plague, and other perils was always at hand. Orme begins by exploring the definition of childhood and, managing that elegantly, proceeds to a surprisingly moving examination of the daily lives of medieval children from diverse classes and back...(展开全部)

尼古拉斯·奥姆，英国埃克塞特大学历史系荣休教授，曾是牛津大学莫德林学院、圣约翰学院和亚利桑那大学等学校的访问学者。研究领域为中世纪研究、英国都铎王朝时期历史研究，专攻中世纪英国教育史、教会史与儿童史。

Both Western and Chinese intellectuals have long derided filial piety tales as an absurd and grotesque variety of children's literature. "Selfless Offspring" offers a fresh perspective on the genre, revealing the rich historical worth of these stories by examining them in their original context: the tumultuous and politically fragmented early medieval era (A.D. 100-600). At a t...(展开全部)

"Children do not need to be made to learn," Holt maintains, because each is born with what Einstein called "the holy curiosity of inquiry." For them, learning is as natural as breathing. First published in 1967, How Children Learn has become a classic for parents and teachers, providing an "effective, gentle voice of reason" (Life).

The castle was far more than a walled and turreted fortress; it was an instrument of social control and the symbol of power, authority, and wealth. Acknowledged expert Marilyn Stokstad combines interpretive essays and original documents in English translation in order to examine the role of the castle in society as well as its use in war. Commencing with an overview of the mil...(展开全部)

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up ...(展开全部)

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up ...(展开全部)

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up ...(展开全部)