Coming of Age in Byzantium: Adolescence and Society

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2018

Coming of Age in Byzantium

Adolescence and Society

Edited by: Despoina Ariantzi

Volume 69 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110576498

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The various phases of life and their manifestations in theory and social reality constitute a well-established area of research in the fields of western medieval studies and ancient history. In this respect the Byzantine East has been widely neglected. This volume will focus on the Byzantine experience of adolescence, which may be defined as the biological transition from childhood to adulthood as well as the social and psychological experience of leaving the care of parents, guardians and family groups and the gradual integration into adult society. The contributions gathered therein treat seven subtopics that correspond to crucial questions in the current research on adolescence: the legal status of adolescents; the mechanisms of transition from childhood to adolescence; the socialisation and gradual integration into adult society; adolescents in Byzantine art; psychological aspects of adolescence from medieval to modern times; illnesses of adolescents; adolescents in the western medieval world.The focus is on the Middle and Late Byzantine Period, where historical, hagiographical,legal and medical sources offer rich material for an investigation of these aspects. The book contributes to a better understanding of all these questions and to show future trajectories for research.

Author / Editor information

Despoina Ariantzi, University of Vienna, Austria.

Reviews

"[...] this volume provides an important and accessible discussion of a concept that has remained largely neglected in the social history of the Byzantine world. These articles will no doubt stimulate further research into Byzantine adolescence and form an excellent resource both for those specifically interested in childhood and adolescence as well as in Byzantine society more broadly."
Grace Stafford in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.08.09

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Despoina Ariantzi Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction: Approaches to Byzantine Adolescence (6th–11th centuries) Despoina Ariantzi Open Access Download PDF	1
Too Young to Be Accountable: Is 15 Years Old a Threshold in Byzantium? Béatrice Caseau Open Access Download PDF	19
Adoleszenten in der kirchlichen Rechtsprechung der Byzantiner im Zeitraum 13.–15. Jahrhundert Günter Prinzing Open Access Download PDF	29
The Adolescent Monastic in Middle and Late Byzantium Alice-Mary Talbot Open Access Download PDF	83
Adolescence in the Late Byzantine Society (14th–15th centuries) Tonia Kiousopoulou Open Access Download PDF	99
Adolescent Behavior in Byzantine Sources? Some Observations on Young Byzantine Women Pursuing their Goals Petra Melichar Open Access Download PDF	105
Soziale Identitätsbildung im Jugendalter in Byzanz Despoina Ariantzi Open Access Download PDF	117
Images of Byzantine Adolescents Leslie Brubaker Open Access Download PDF	141
Representations and Roles of Adolescence with a Focus on Apocryphal Imagery Cecily Hennessy Open Access Download PDF	175
The Byzantine Adolescent: Real or Imaginary? Catia Galatariotou Open Access Download PDF	203
Erwachsenwerden oder Erwachsensein? Ausgewählte Aspekte zu Jugend, „Emerging Adulthood“ und jungem Erwachsenenalteraus Sicht der Entwicklungspsychologie Ulrike Sirsch Open Access Download PDF	215
Jugendliche und Heilung Thomas Pratsch Publicly Available Download PDF	237
Adolescentia in abendländischen Quellen des frühen Mittelalters zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein? Ein begriffsgeschichtlicher Zugang Hans-Werner Goetz Open Access Download PDF	251
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	295
Index Open Access Download PDF	297

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in Byzantine Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 306
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Coloured Illustrations: 33
Keywords: Byzantine adolescence: childhood; adulthood; family.

eBook

Published: December 18, 2017
ISBN: 9783110576498

Hardcover

Published: December 18, 2017
ISBN: 9783110576467