IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1527: Approaching the Byzantine Family, I: Christian Families
Thursday 15 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Leslie Brubaker, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, Department of Classics, Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Birmingham / Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, University of Birmingham |
| Paper 1527-a | The Cappadocians on Family: Gregory of Nyssa on his Sister Macrina (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Daily Life, Gender Studies, Religious Life |
| Paper 1527-b | The Death of the Father and Late Antique Family (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1527-c | The Life of Theodora of Thessaloniki as Family Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Hagiography, Social History |
| Abstract | This session will focus on early Byzantine Christian sources for the study of the family. Nathan Howard analyses the writings of the Cappadocians on family, especially Gregory of Nyssa's life of his sister Macrina. Fotis Vasileiou also draws on the writings of the Cappadocians to explore both biological and constructed relationships in late antique Christian families. Michel Kaplan too is concerned with a celebrated Christian female, Theodora of Thessaloniki, considering her Life as a piece of family literature. |