Royal Childhood and Child Kingship - with Dr Emily Joan Ward

Marie in the Margins historian Dr Emily Joan Ward (The University of Edinburgh) discusses her new book, Royal Childhood and Child Kingship: Boy Kings in England, Scotland, France and Germany, c.1050–1262 (Cambridge University Press, 2022), which shows children’s importance within medieval society. She also talks about her approach to engaging modern children with the wider historical context of eleventh- and twelfth-century England as part of the Marie in the Margins schools’ workshops.