Ville Vuolanto

Children and Asceticism in Late Antiquity

Continuity, Family Dynamics, and the Rise of Christianity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to scrutinise the interplay between family, children and asceticism in the rise of Christianity. Drawing on texts of Christian authors of the late fourth and early fifth centuries the volume approaches the study of family dynamics and childhood from both ideological and social historical perspectives. It examines the place of children in the family in Christian ideology and explores how families in the late Roman world adapted these ideals in practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781472414366
• ISBN-10: 1472414365
• Artikelnr.: 44636532

Autorenporträt

Ville Vuolanto is Research Fellow at the University of Oslo, Norway and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Tampere, Finland. He has published a number of articles and book chapters on the history of family and childhood in Roman, late antique and early medieval contexts. He also maintains an extensive online bibliography Children in the Ancient World and the Early Middle Ages.

Inhaltsangabe

Approaches and strategies. Family, kin and the right way of living as a
Christian. Ascetics and the family of Christ: metaphors, family dynamics
and continuity. Chastity as immortality. Choosing asceticism: demography
and decision making in the domestic sphere. Family economy and the profits
of asceticism. Progeny, reputation and memory. Children, strategies and
continuity. Not all of me will die.