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Matrona docta : educated women in the Roman élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna

Author: Emily Ann Hemelrijk
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Series: [Routledge classical monographs].
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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. The author explores the place of Roman upper-class women in the world of the educated. She reconstructs their opportunities to acquire an education, the impediments they faced, the level of education they could reach and the judgement on educated  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Emily Ann Hemelrijk
ISBN: 0415196930 9780415196932
OCLC Number: 40489183
Notes: Series statement on jacket.
Description: xvi, 382 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series Title: [Routledge classical monographs].
Responsibility: Emily A. Hemelrijk.
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"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. The author explores the place of Roman upper-class women in the world of the educated. She reconstructs their 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 and learning and Roman women's writing."--BOOK JACKET.

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