Youth and Age in the Medieval North

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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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

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Utgivningsdatum2008-10-02
Mått155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt660 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNorthern World
Antal sidor310
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004170735

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Notes on Contributors ... viiThe Challenges of Quantifying Youth and Age in the Medieval North ... 1Shannon Lewis-SimpsonForever Young: Child Burial in Anglo-Saxon England ... 17Christina LeeConstructions of Early Childhood at the Syncretic Cemetery of Fjälkinge—a Case Study ... 37Lotta MejsholmChild Burials and Children’s Status in Medieval Norway ... 57Berit J. SellevoldFosterage and Dependency in Medieval Iceland and its Signifi cance in Gísla saga ... 73Anna HansenThe Birth, Childhood and Adolescence of the Early Icelandic Bishops ... 87Bernadine McCreesh‘Sveinn einn ungr fell í sýruker’: Medieval Icelandic Children in Vernacular Miracle Stories ... 103Joanna A. SkórzewskaTeenage Angst: The Structures and Boundaries of Adolescence in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Iceland ... 127Nic PercivallAwkward Adolescents: Male Maturation in Norse Literature ... 151 Carolyne Larrington‘Spoiling them Rotten?’: Grandmothers and Familial Identity in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Iceland ... 167Philadelphia RickettsAge Matters in Old English Literature ... 205Jordi Sánchez-MartíBecoming ‘Old’, Ageism and Taking Care of the Elderly in Iceland c. 900–1300 ... 227Jón Viðar SigurðssonOld Age in Viking-Age Britain ... 243Shannon Lewis-SimpsonThe Patriarch: Myth and Reality ... 265Ármann JakobssonEgill Skalla-Grímsson: a Viking Poet as a Child and an Old ManYelena Sesselja Helgadóttir YershovaIndex ... 305