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"A Tender Age"

by William F. MacLehose

Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1. Nurturing Danger 2. Suffer Little Children 3. Simplicity and Faith 4. Children's Crusade 5. Conclusions
Bibliography Appendix: The Rise of Heresies
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Link Acknowledgments
Link Introduction
Link Chapter 1. Nurturing Danger: Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Medicine and the Problem(s) of the Child
Link Chapter 2. Suffer Little Children: Baptism, Heresy, and the Debates over the Nature of the Child
Link Chapter 3. Simplicity and Faith: Childhood, Maternity, and the Creation of a Jewish Threat
Link Chapter 4. “The Path of the Foolish Children”: Delusion, Disillusionment, and the Challenge of the Children's Crusade of 1212
Link Chapter 5. Conclusions
Link Bibliography
Link Appendix: The Rise of Heresies