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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. 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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Routledge Classical Monographs: Matrona Docta, Emily Ann Hemelrijk
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- Routledge Classical Monographs: Matrona Docta
- Subtitle
- Educated Women in the Roman Elite from Cornelia to Julia Domna
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Emily Ann Hemelrijk
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0415341272
- ISBN13
- 9780415341271
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Women, Ancient History, Rome, Ancient Rome, Humanities, Love Poetry
- Description
- 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.