Byzantine Childhood examines the intricacies of growing up in medieval Byzantium, children’s everyday experiences, and their agency. By piecing together a wid

Becoming Byzantine: Children and Childhood in Byzantium presents detailed information about children's lives, and provides a basis for further study. This colle

This book covers a subject that has never previously been addressed, and yet it is both a fascinating and a provocative one: the representation of children in B

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 medieva

The opulence of Byzantine art, with its extravagant use of gold and silver, is well known. Highly skilled artists created powerful representations reflecting an