Essays exploring childhood and youth in Scotland before the
nineteenth century. Children and youth have tended to be
under-reported in the historical scholarship. This collection of
essays recasts the historical narrative by populating premodern
Scottish communities from the thirteenth to the late
eighteenthcenturies with their lively experiences and voices. By
examining medieval and early modern Scottish communities through
the lens of age, the collection counters traditional assumptions
that young people are peripheral to our understanding of the
political, economic, and social contexts of the premodern era. The
topics addressed fall into three main sections: the experience of
being a child/adolescent; representations of the young; and the
constructionof the next generation. The individual essays examine
the experience of the young at all levels of society, including
princes and princesses, aristocratic and gentry youth, urban young
people, rural children, and those who came to Scotland as slaves;
they draw on evidence from art, personal correspondence, material
culture, song, legal and government records, work and marriage
contracts, and literature. Janay Nugent is an Associate Professor
ofHistory and a founding member of the Institute for Child and
Youth Studies at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada;
Elizabeth Ewan is University Research Chair and Professor of
History and Scottish Studies at the Centrefor Scottish Studies,
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Contributors: Katie Barclay,
Stuart Campbell, Mairi Cowan, Sarah Dunnigan, Elizabeth Ewan, Anne
Frater, Dolly MacKinnon, Cynthia J. Neville, Janay Nugent, Heather
Parker, Jamie Reid Baxter, Cathryn R. Spence, Laura E. Walkling,
Nel Whiting.
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