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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007 Book. New. Trade Paperback. 1st Pbk Ed... The experiences of women in ancient cultures were certainly very difficult from those of most women today. Yet a tendency to focus too much on the restrictions early Western women faced has until now provided readers with an incomplete picture. In Daughters of Gaia, Bella Vivante explores womens lives in four ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Looking at this era with a women-centered perspective, Vivante highlights womens agency and explains the social, political, and cultural factors that fostered female empowerment. Beginning with powerful images of goddesses and womens roles in the religious sphere, Vivante lays the foundation for womens activities in other social realms--Health, economica, governance, war, philosophy, and poetry. By examining the similarities and differences among the four Mediterranean civilizations, she offers a deeper understanding of the lives of…
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Daughters of Gaia: Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World
by Vivante, Bella
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A History of Private Life [1] From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
by Veyne, Paul et.al [ed]
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Cambridge MA: Belknap Press/Harvard U.P., 1987 Book. Illus. by Translator - Arthur Goldhammer. Very Good +. Hardcover. First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slavesâ"from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces. The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, and austerity is startlingly contrasted with the profane and undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented with the results of new research and the broad…
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Cambridge MA: Belknap Press/Harvard U.P., 1987 Book. Illus. by Translator - Arthur Goldhammer. Fine. Soft cover. First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slavesâ"from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces. The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, and austerity is startlingly contrasted with the profane and undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented with the results of new research and the broad interpretations…
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Women in Purple : Rulers of Medieval Byzantium
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London: Phoenix Press, 2002 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. "Across four generations the Empresses Irene, Euphrosyne and Theodora wielded imperial sovreignty with consummate ruthlessness and skill over the vast empire of Byzantium in the eighth and ninth centuries.Their legacy was to restore the veneration of icons and, in doing so, ensure Byzantium's influence for centuries to come" 304p, plates (col) bibliography.index.
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