Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
Author: Hugh Honour
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780297003441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudies of 50 goldsmiths and silversmiths from 10 countries and 11 centuries.
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Inventory of the Jewels and Plate of Queen Elizabeth I
Author: A.J. Collins
Publisher: Longwood PressLtd
Published: 1955-01-01
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780714104454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen in the Ancient World
Author: John Peradotto
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1987-04-15
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1438415842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the reasons for the study of the Greek and Roman classics is their perpetual relevance. In no area can this position be more clearly defended than in the investigation of the feminine condition, for it was here that basic attitudes derogatory to the sex were molded by legal and social systems, by philosophers and poets, and by the thinking of men long since gone. Women in the Ancient World brings together essays that examine philosophy, social history, literature, and art, and that extend from the early Greek period through the Roman Empire. Their wide range of critical perspectives throws new light on the personal, political, socio-economic, and cultural position of women.
Childhood in History
Author: Reidar Aasgaard
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-20
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 1317168933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInquiring into childhood is one of the most appropriate ways to address the perennial and essential question of what it is that makes human beings – each of us – human. In Childhood in History: Perceptions of Children in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, Aasgaard, Horn, and Cojocaru bring together the groundbreaking work of nineteen leading scholars in order to advance interdisciplinary historical research into ideas about children and childhood in the premodern history of European civilization. The volume gathers rich insights from fields as varied as pedagogy and medicine, and literature and history. Drawing on a range of sources in genres that extend from philosophical, theological, and educational treatises to law, art, and poetry, from hagiography and autobiography to school lessons and sagas, these studies aim to bring together these diverse fields and source materials, and to allow the development of new conversations. This book will have fulfilled its unifying and explicit goal if it provides an impetus to further research in social and intellectual history, and if it prompts both researchers and the interested wider public to ask new questions about the experiences of children, and to listen to their voices.
Women in Antiquity
Author: Stephanie Lynn Budin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-08-12
Total Pages: 1583
ISBN-13: 1317219902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology, and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps, and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean, Italy, and Western Europe, and include many lesser-known cultures such as the Celts, Iberia, Carthage, the Black Sea region, and Scandinavia. Women's experiences are explored, from ordinary daily life to religious ritual and practice, to motherhood, childbirth, sex, and building a career. Forensic evidence is also treated for the actual bodies of ancient women. Women in Antiquity is edited by two experts in the field, and is an invaluable resource to students of the ancient world, gender studies, and women's roles throughout history.
Constructions of Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy
Author: Ada Cohen
Publisher: ASCSA
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 0876615418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume contains 20 papers that explore ancient notions and experiences of childhood around the Mediterranean, from prehistory to late antiquity.
New Perspectives in Seleucid History, Archaeology and Numismatics
Author: Roland Oetjen
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-12-16
Total Pages: 913
ISBN-13: 3110388553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDedicated to Getzel M. Cohen, a leading expert in Seleucid history, this volume gathers 45 contributions on Seleucid history, archaeology, numismatics, political relations, policy toward the Jews, Greek cities, non-Greek populations, peripheral and neighboring regions, imperial administration, economy and public finances, and ancient descriptions of the Seleucid Empire. The reader will gain an international perspective on current research.
Individuals and Materials in the Greco-Roman Cults of Isis (SET)
Author: Valentino Gasparini
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-10-16
Total Pages: 1191
ISBN-13: 9004381341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Individuals and Materials in the Greco-Roman Cults of Isis Valentino Gasparini and Richard Veymiers present a collection of reflections on the individuals and groups which animated one of Antiquity’s most dynamic, significant and popular religious phenomena: the reception of the cults of Isis and other Egyptian gods throughout the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. These communities, whose members seem to share the same religious identity, for a long time have been studied in a monolithic way through the prism of the Cumontian category of the “Oriental religions”. The 26 contributions of this book, divided into three sections devoted to the “agents”, their “images” and their “practices”, shed new light on this religious movement that appears much more heterogeneous and colorful than previously recognized.
A Companion to Women in the Ancient World
Author: Sharon L. James
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-02-13
Total Pages: 661
ISBN-13: 1444355007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA COMPANION TO WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Prominent scholars tackle the myriad problems inherent in the interpretation of the evidence, and consider the biases and interpretive categories inherited from centuries of scholarship. Essays and case studies cover an unprecedented breadth of chronological and geographical range, genres, and themes. Illuminating and insightful, A Companion to Women in the Ancient World both challenges preconceived notions and paves the way for new directions in research on women in antiquity.
