Adolescent Behavior in Byzantine Sources? Some Observations on Young Byzantine Women Pursuing their Goals

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Melichar, Petra
Adolescent Behavior in Byzantine Sources? Some Observations on Young Byzantine Women Pursuing their Goals.
Coming of Age in Byzantium: Adolescence and Society. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2018 - (Ariantzi, D.), s. 105-115. Millennium Studies in the culture and history of the first millennium C.E., 69. ISBN 978-3-11-057646-7. ISSN 1862-1139.
[Coming of Age: Adolescence and Society in Medieval Byzantium. Vienna (AT), 03.02.2014-04.02.2014]
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GP14-08304P
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378017
Klíčová slova: adolescence * Byzantine * women
Obor OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

The article examines passages in Byzantine literature, which describe actions of adolescent women. Identifying patterns of adolescent behavior in chronicles and in the lives of the saints, traditionally perceived as topos-ridden, based on modern research allows for a new interpretation and perception of these narrative texts as historical sources.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0279451