Youth and Age in the Medieval North (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004170735)

Following from themes explored during the 2005 International Medieval Congress on 'Youth and Age', this interdisciplinary volume focuses upon social, cultural and biological aspects of being young and old in the medieval north. The contributors progress definitions of young and old in the north, taking into account changing mentalities as a result of political and cultural transformations such as the Christianisation of the north. This book invites discourse on youth and age amongst medieval archaeologists, historians, and philologists, while introducing particularities of medieval research to sociologists and gerontologists working within other periods and areas. The contributors, representing both established and up-and-coming scholars in the field, showcase the diverse issues that surround interdisciplinary studies of youth and age.
Contributors are Christina Lee, Lotta Mejsholm, Berit J. Sellevold, Anna Hansen, Bernadine McCreesh, Joanna A. Skórzewska, Nic Percivall, Carolyne Larrington, Philadelphia Ricketts, Jordi Sánchez-Martí, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Shannon Lewis-Simpson, Ármann Jakobsson, and Yelena Sesselja Helgadóttir Yershova

Author: Shannon Lewis-Simpson
ISBN-10: 9004170731
ISBN-13: 9789004170735
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/02/2008
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 158