Mediterranean families in antiquity : households, extended families, and domestic space / edited by Sabine R. Huebner and Geoffrey Nathan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huebner, Sabine R., 1976- editor.

Nathan, Geoffrey S. (Geoffrey Stephen), 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Mediterranean Region.

Families.

Social history--To 500.

Social history.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

xii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Summary:

This comprehensive study of families in the Mediterranean world spans the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity, and looks at families and households in various ancient societies inhabiting the regions around the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to break down artificial boundaries between academic disciplines. The volume comprises a series of original essays by leading scholars in the field, which function as stand-alone studies on topics relating to family life in the Mediterranean world. These essays explore the related, yet complex sets of customs and patterns of behavior that define the family structure and dynamics of various regional and chronological periods in the ancient Mediterranean world. Bringing together a diverse team of scholars across areas of study that are often artificially divided in academic study by geographic and chronological demarcations, Mediterranean. Families in Antiquity: Households, Extended Families, and Domestic Space seeks to explore the study of the ancient family in the context of a historical continuum and with a comprehensive eye to all regions of the Mediterranean world. As such, Mediterranean Families in Antiquity serves as a critical resource for all ancient historians studying family life in the premodern Mediterranean. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Introduction 1

1 A Mediterranean Family? A Comparative Approach to the Ancient World / Sabine R. Huebner Huebner, Sabine R. 3

Part II The Greek and Hellenistic World 27

2 Identifying Family Structures in Early Iron Age Crete / Leslie Preston Day Day, Leslie Preston 29

3 The Idea of Descent in Early Greek Kinship / Emily Varto Varto, Emily 44

4 The Role of the Extended Family in Exacting Blood Revenge in Classical Athens / Fiona McHardy McHardy, Fiona 65

5 Domestic Architecture in Ephesus from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity / Helmut Schwaiger Schwaiger, Helmut 79

Part III The Roman World 93

6 Traces of the Unfamiliar: Epigraphic Evidence for Extended Families on the Margins in Roman Italy / Peter Keegan Keegan, Peter 95

7 Extended Families and Family Substitutes among Migrants in the Roman World / David Noy Noy, David 121

8 Household Archaeology in Mediterranean Spain: Family Forms from Iberia to Hispania / Xurxo M. Ayán Vila Vila, Xurxo M. Ayán 137

9 Egypt as Part of the Mediterranean? Domestic Space and Household Structures in Roman Egypt / Sabine R. Huebner Huebner, Sabine R. 154

10 Towards an Archaeology of Household Relationships in Roman Egypt / Anna Lucille Boozer Boozer, Anna Lucille 174

11 Age Hierarchy and Social Networks among Urban Women in the Roman East / Mona Tokarek LaFosse LaFosse, Mona Tokarek 204

12 Family Forms and Conflicts in Roman North Africa / Kai Haase Haase, Kai, Roland Steinacher Steinacher, Roland 221

Part IV Late Antiquity 241

13 Extended Family in the Experiences of Ausonius and Libanius / Geoffrey Nathan Nathan, Geoffrey 243

14 Household and Family Dynamics in Late Antique Southern Gaul / Christian Laes Laes, Christian, Ville Vuolanto Vuolanto, Ville 258

Part V Outlook in Later Period of the Mediterranean 283

15 Missing Women in the Italian Middle Ages? Data and Interpretation / Irene Barbiera Barbiera, Irene, Maria Castiglioni Castiglioni, Maria, Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna Zuanna, Gianpiero Dalla 285

16 Family Forms in Later Periods of the Mediterranean / Matteo Manfredini Manfredini, Matteo 310

Part VI Conclusion 325

17 Reassessing the Premodern Mediterranean Family / Geoffrey Nathan Nathan, Geoffrey 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mediterranean families in antiquity

ISBN:

9781119143697

1119143691

OCLC:

948670394

Publisher Number:

99970399941

40026744384