Becoming Byzantine

Children and Childhood in Byzantium

Edited by Arietta Papaconstantinou

Edited by Alice-Mary Talbot

    • Introduction: Homo Byzantinus in the Making
    • Observations on the Legal Status of Children and the Stages of Childhood in Byzantium
    • Les variations du desir d'enfant a Byzance
    • Breastfeeding and Weaning Patterns in Byzantine Times: Evidence from Human Remains and Written Sources
    • Emperors and Patriarchs as Ideal Children and Adolescents: Literary Conventions and Cultural Expectations
    • Childhood in Byzantine Saints' Lives
    • The Material Culture of Childhood in Byzantium
    • Children in Byzantine Monasteries: Innocent Hearts or Vessels in the Harbor of the Devil?
    • The Death and Commemoration of Byzantine Children

    • Abbreviations
    • About the Authors
    • Index
  • Cover: Becoming Byzantine

Arietta Papaconstantinou is Marie-Curie Fellow in Oriental Studies at Oxford University.

Alice-Mary Talbot is Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.