Medieval Children is a 2001 book on the history of childhood written by English historian Nicholas Orme.

[1] Orme's source materials include primers, journals, coroners' records, and shoes.

[3] Critics Stephen Metcalf and Benjamin Schwarz separately agreed that the book successfully dismantled Ariès's thesis,[2][1] its primary goal.

[1] The Atlantic's Benjamin Schwarz called the book "a model of accessible scholarly history" and lauded its illustrations for an academic work.

[1] He adds that Orme's language is "phlegmatic and common-sensical" where Ariès was "oracular and tendentious", which was used to make the era appear familiar or alien, respectively.