TY - BOOK ID - 36630973 TI - Coming of Age in Byzantium : Adolescence and Society AU - Ariantzi, Despoina AU - Ariantzi, Despoina, AU - FWF PY - 2017 SN - 9783110576467 3110576465 311057649X PB - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - Families KW - Families. KW - Manners and customs. KW - Teenagers KW - Social aspects KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Byzantine Empire. KW - Social life and customs KW - Ancient history: to c 500 CE KW - Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 KW - Christian Churches & denominations KW - Byzantine adolescence: childhood. KW - adulthood. KW - family. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36630973 AB - 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. ER -