Matrona Docta - Emily A. Hemelrijk - Routledge, 2004
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Matrona Docta
Educated Women In The Roman Elite From Cornelia To Julia Domna
di Emily A. Hemelrijk
Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
EAN: 9780415341271
ISBN: 0415341272
Pagine: 400
Formato: Paperback
Matrona Docta presents a unique study of the education of upper-class women in Roman society in the central period of Roman history, from the second century BC to AD 235.
Emily A. Hemelrijk reconstructs women's opportunities to acquire an education, the impediments they faced, the level of education they could reach and the judgement on educated women in Roman society. She examines also the role of women as patronesses of literature, learning and Roman women's writing