I noticed a picture of a baby cage made it into the Metro the other day. It seems that this historical oddity is one that constantly comes in and out of the media and causes incredible public shock and outrage every time. It is amazing how attitudes change, so that something invented in the 1920s to do nothing but good now leaves us struggling to believe it ever happened.
I went to the V&A’s Museum of Childhood for the first time on Friday. I had always thought it would be interesting to see all the childhood-related objects collected by the Victoria and Albert Museum in one place, but I…
Henry III was born in 1207 and became King in 1216, at the age of nine. His father was King John, brother of King Richard the Lionheart and famous for having unintentionally triggered the introduction of the Magna Carta in 1215. It is again improbable that Henry had any power during his youth and he had several regents including the popular William Marshal, who ruled the country.
I’ve been doing a lot of research into the reign of Edward VI recently and it’s made me think a bit about other Kings who came to the throne as children. The three main young Kings I can think of…