IMR 18 Medieval Life Cycles Cochelin: Continuity and Change (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9782503540696)

The essays in this collection present new research into a variety of questions on birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, middle age, and old age, ordered in a more or less chronological manner according to the lifecycle. The volume exposes attitudes and representations of the lifecycle from the Anglo-Saxon period to the end of the Middle Ages as being full of inconsistencies as well as definitive categories, and of variation and stasis. This attests to the fact that medieval conceptions and representations of the stages of life and their interrelationships are much more nuanced and less idealized than is usually credited. Medieval conceptual, mental, artistic, cultural, and sociological processes are scrutinized using various approaches and methods that cross disciplinary boundaries. What is emphasized across the volume is that there were varying, context-dependent rhythms of continuity and change in every stage of life in the medieval period. The volume's selection of authors is international in scope and represents some of the leading current scholarship in the field.

Author: Isabelle Cochelin
ISBN-10: 2503540694
ISBN-13: 9782503540696
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2013
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.00d