There is little evidence to enable us to reconstruct what it felt like to be a child in the Roman world. We do, however, have ample evidence about the feelings and expectations that adults had for children over the centuries between the end of the Roman republic and late antiquity.
Thomas Wiedemann draws on this evidence to describe a range of attitudes towards children in the classical period, identifying three areas where greater individuality was assigned to children: through political office-holding; through education; and, for Christians, through membership of the Church in baptism. These developments in both pagan and Christian practices reflect wider social changes in the Roman world during the first four centuries of the Christian era.
Of obvious value to classicists, Adults and Children in the Roman Empire, first published in 1989, is also indispensable for anthropologists, and well as those interested in ecclesiastical and social history.
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 221 pp. Contents; 1. The child in the classical city -- 2. Imperial children in biography and panegyric -- 3. The evidence of pagan and Christian letters -- 4. Citizenship and office holding -- 5. Learning for adult life -- 6. Equal in the sight of God. Subjects; Children Rome. Families Rome History. Social Conditions. Rome Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. 3 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 388371
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Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 221 pp. Contents; 1. The child in the classical city -- 2. Imperial children in biography and panegyric -- 3. The evidence of pagan and Christian letters -- 4. Citizenship and office holding -- 5. Learning for adult life -- 6. Equal in the sight of God. Subjects; Children Rome. Families Rome History. Social Conditions. Rome Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 388371
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Etat : Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book Contains Pencil Markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780415003360. N° de réf. du vendeur 9700973
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Etat : Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780415003360. N° de réf. du vendeur 9288818
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Childhood has been described as an invention by adults suffering from amnesia. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Roman world, where there is no evidence to enable us to reconstruct what it felt like to be a child. We do. however, have ample evidence about the feelings and expectations that adults had for children. Thomas Wiedemann draws on this evidence to describe a range of attitudes towards children in the classical period. He examines how the literary conventions of ancient biography and rhetoric masked a genuine interest in childhood which can be found, for example, in more spontaneous literary forms such as letter-writing. He shows how that interest changed and developed over the centuries between the end of the Roman republic and late antiquity. He identifies three areas where Romans were prepared to assign greater individuality to particular children, and a more significant role to children in general: through political office-holding, especially in the person of child emperors; in the acquisition o. N° de réf. du vendeur Batch-FM644-VG-13314
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Etat : gut. Adults and Children in the Roman Empire In englischer Sprache. pages. N° de réf. du vendeur BN213019
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