Infant Abandonment and the Christianization of Medieval Europe

Vuolanto, Ville

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“…29. For abandonment and exposure, see Dickeman (1975), Boswell (1984), Patterson (1985), Post (1988), Harris (1994), Evans Grubbs (2011), Vuolanto (2011, Lawing (2013), andSawyer (2018).…”

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Martyrdom, Motherhood, and the Aetiology of Infanticide: The Legend of Saints Quiricus and Julitta in Early Iberian Art and Literature

Beresford

2023

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The legend of Saints Quiricus and Julitta circulated in two different forms. The oldest, the Acta apocrypha, offers an implausible account of martyrdom, depicting the soon-to-be-three-year-old Quiricus as a militantly loquacious evangelizer, and his mother, Julitta, as an avid and enthusiastic disciple. This is the source preferred by early Iberian artworks. Conversely, the accounts descended from a fifth-century epistle composed by Theodore of Mopsuestia depict the saints in an entirely different light. In this version Julitta becomes the centre of narrative interest while Quiricus is reimagined as a figure at a pre-linguistic stage of development. This is the source favoured by medieval Iberian prose accounts. The distinction between the two branches raises questions concerning the relationship between orthodoxy and heterodoxy as well as the specific individual qualities of art and literature. This article argues that critical positions that fail to account for the influence of differing narrative forms will reveal only a small and potentially misleading part of the fuller picture. It becomes important in view of this to adopt a more holistic and nuanced approach towards questions of interpretation, reaching across traditional disciplinary boundaries so as to gain an insight into the richness and complexity of medieval production.

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“…29. For abandonment and exposure, see Dickeman (1975), Boswell (1984), Patterson (1985), Post (1988), Harris (1994), Evans Grubbs (2011), Vuolanto (2011, Lawing (2013), andSawyer (2018).…”

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Martyrdom, Motherhood, and the Aetiology of Infanticide: The Legend of Saints Quiricus and Julitta in Early Iberian Art and Literature

Beresford

2023

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“…4 Again, bibliography is massive. EvansGrubbs (2011) andVuolanto (2011) offer guidance into the complex issue Germain (1969). is still very useful for the Greek dossier.…”

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Infants between Biological and Social Birth in Antiquity: a Phenomenon of the Longue Durée

Laes

2014

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This paper deals with the intermediate period between biological and social birth, the moment the neonate was accepted into the community. The phenomenon will be studied from the early Greek period to the early Middle Ages, with due attention to the Jewish and Christian tradition. I cite all the relevant primary sources. Also, the subject will be tackled from the point of view of sociocultural history, paying attention to the actual process of decision making. As such, I hope to shed new light on such vital issues as ancient concepts of normality, the individual's feelings and public response to mourning, the right of life as a moral or a juridical concept, the impact of Christianity and the endurance of tradition, and legislation versus decision making.

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Jewish Childhood in the Roman World

Sivan

2018

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Infant Abandonment and the Christianization of Medieval Europe

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Martyrdom, Motherhood, and the Aetiology of Infanticide: The Legend of Saints Quiricus and Julitta in Early Iberian Art and Literature

Martyrdom, Motherhood, and the Aetiology of Infanticide: The Legend of Saints Quiricus and Julitta in Early Iberian Art and Literature

Infants between Biological and Social Birth in Antiquity: a Phenomenon of the Longue Durée

Jewish Childhood in the Roman World

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