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.
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Matrona Docta
Educated Women in the Roman Elite from Cornelia to Julia Domna
- 400 pages
- English
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HistoryTable of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- PLATES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- SOME USEFUL DATES
- INTRODUCTION
- 1: THE SOCIAL POSITION OF UPPER-CLASS WOMEN
- 2: THE EDUCATION OF UPPER-CLASS WOMEN: OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPEDIMENTS
- 3: THE EDUCATION OF UPPER-CLASS WOMEN: AIMS AND OPINIONS
- 4: PATRONESSES OF LITERATURE AND LEARNING
- 5: WOMEN AND WRITING: POETRY
- 6: WOMEN AND WRITING: PROSE
- CONCLUSIONS
- NOTES
- TRANSLATIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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