Married Life in Greco-roman Antiquity, Hardcover by Challet, Claude-emmanuell...

by Challet, Claude-emmanuelle Centlivres (EDT)

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Married Life in Greco-roman Antiquity, Hardcover by Challet, Claude-emmanuelle Centlivres (EDT), ISBN 0367345048, ISBN-13 9780367345044, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Beyond the institution of marriage, its norms, and rules, what was life like for married couples in Greco-Roman antiquity? This volume explores a huge range of sources over seven centuries to uncover possible answers to this question. On tombstones, curse or oracular tablets, in contracts, petitions, letters, treatises, biographies, novels, and poems, throughout Egypt, Greece, and Rome, 107 couples express themselves or are given life by their contemporaries, and share their experiences of, and views on, marital relationships and their practical and emotional consequences. Renowned scholars and the next generation of experts explore seven centuries of source material to uncover the dynamics of the married life of metropolitan and provincial, famous and unknown, young and old couples. Men's and women's hopes, fears, traumas, prides, endeavours, and needs are analysed, and reveal an array of interactions and behaviour that enlighten us on gender roles, social expectations, and intimate dealings in antiquity. Known texts are revisited, new evidence is put forward, and novel interpretations and concepts are offered which highlight local and chronological specificities as well as transhistorical commonalities. The analysis of married life in Greco-Roman antiquity reveals the fundamental yearning to be inclu

• ISBN: 9780367345044
• Condition: Fine

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