IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 1116: Youth and Age in Byzantine Hagiography and Monasticism
Wednesday 13 July 2005, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne |
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| Organiser: | Michel Kaplan, UFR d'histoire, Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| Moderator/Chair: | Michel Kaplan, UFR d'histoire, Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| Paper 1116-a | Saints although Children in 6th- and 7th-Century Byzantium (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1116-b | Les âges de la vie dans l'hagiographie féminine byzantine (Language: Français) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1116-c | L'âge d'entrée dans les monastères byzantins (XIIe-XVe siècles): théorie et pratique (Language: Français) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Abstract | As a second christian initiation, ascetic or monastic experience would suppose a long training, at the end of which sanctity would be come possible. Nevertheless, theories about the grace of God imply a kind of predestination to sanctity, which needs to come to light from childhood. How much this question was risen in the Byzantine world will be the subject of this session centring on the ages of life in byzantine monasticism and hagiography. |