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Children were sold into slavery in Europe for much of its medieval history. There are peaks and troughs and regional differences, but how were children on principle forced into slavery, legally and morally in Christian Europe and was there any opposition to the practice, popular or at higher levels?

by /u/uw888 in /r/AskHistorians

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