Children and everyday life in the Roman and late antique world / edited by Christian Laes and Ville Vuolanto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laes, Christian, editor.

Vuolanto, Ville, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Rome--History.

Children.

Children--Rome--Social life and customs.

Children--Rome--Social conditions.

Rome--Social life and customs.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Manners and customs.

Rome--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Children--Social conditions.

Children--Social life and customs.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 390 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

"Children and Everyday Life in the Roman and Late Antique World explores what it meant to be a child in the Roman world--what were children's concerns, interests and beliefs--and whether we can find traces of children's own cultures. By combining different theoretical approaches and source materials, the contributors explore the environments in which children lived, their experience of everyday life, and what the limits were for their agency. The volume brings together scholars of archaeology and material culture, classicists, ancient historians, theologians, and scholars of early Christianity and Judaism, all of whom have long been involved in the study of the social and cultural history of children"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A New Paradigm for the Social History of Childhood and Children in Antiquity / Christian Laes and Ville Vuolanto

Agency, Experience, and the Children in the Past : the Case of Roman Childhood / Ville Vuolanto

Setting the Scene : Experiences and Environments

What Did the Roman Children Actually Do?

Religious Practices and Sacred Spaces

A Cruel World : Accidents, Disability and Death.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472464804

147246480X

OCLC:

962004521