Table of Contents

* 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

About the Author

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.