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'To my mind, this monograph's main contribution is that it brings to the fore the importance of age - the age of the persons represented, but also of the audience and the creators of art - as a valid, albeit up to now largely neglected, parameter of art-historical analysis of Byzantine works of art. This is cleverly done by looking afresh, through the lens of childhood and youth, at an array of familiar and much-discussed monuments, an array impressive in its wide chronological coverage and variety of the media considered. ... Indeed, this monograph is the first step towards a much needed coherent and comprehensive account of children and childhood in Byzantine art and will, I believe, serve as an inspiration for future work.' Medieval Review '... a significant contribution to the study of social life in Byzantium as mediated by diverse images of children and youth.' Journal fur Kunstgeschichte '... ouvrage richement illustre et documente...' Cahiers de civilisation medievale 'This is a very welcome book, as it brings into a single volume a large amount of visual evidence on Byzantine children.' Speculum 'Byzantium, argues Cecily Hennessy, was a society in which almost half the population was made up of those we would now call young people and in which representations of children were both widespread and centrally located. In her fascinating and stimulating book, Images of Children in Byzantium, she urges us to take off our adult spectacles and look at the Byzantine world with fresh eyes. Her work makes an important contribution to recent scholarly interest in Byzantine childhood and is well worth reading by those with a more general interest in the field, especially in relation to the premodern era.' Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth

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Dr Cecily Hennessy studied for her BA and MA in the history of art at the University of Washington in Seattle and went on to gain a Ph.D in Byzantine art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2001. She has taught at universities in the USA and the UK and was head of Short Courses and Adult Learning at the Courtauld Institute before joining Christie's Education as a lecturer in 2006.

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