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Medieval childhood: everything you wanted to know

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HistoryExtra

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

What was it like to grow up in the Middle Ages? In our latest Everything you wanted to know episode, Dr Emily Joan Ward answers your questions about medieval childhood. Speaking to Dave Musgrove, she discusses topics including education, how children were put to work, and what they did for fun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.3

And remember, it's just between us.

0:30.9

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Reveal.

1:00.4

I'm Ellie Cawthorne. What do we know about the experience of growing up in the Middle Ages?

1:07.7

Well, quite a lot, actually, according to Dr. Emily Joan Ward, who currently teaches at University College London and will soon be taking up a lecturing post at the University of Edinburgh.

1:13.2

In today's Everything You Want to Know episode, Emily will be answering your questions,

1:18.2

along with some of the internet's top search queries on childhood in the Middle Ages.

1:23.5

Putting the questions to Emily was David Musgrove.

1:26.4

Okay, so we are on our latest Everything You Want to Know podcast,

1:31.6

and today we are discussing medieval childhood and the experience of being a medieval child.

1:38.3

So we've got a load of questions to get through,

1:40.8

and the first bunch are on the concept and experience of childhood. Emily, how are you doing?

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