Women in the ancient Mediterranean world : from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantines / Guy D. Middleton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Middleton, Guy D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Mediterranean Region--History.

Women.

Women--Mediterranean Region--Social conditions.

Women--Mediterranean Region--Biography.

Women--Social conditions.

Mediterranean Region.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"In this book, Guy D. Middleton explores the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantine era. They include queens and aristocrats, such as the Pharoah Hatshepsut and the Etruscan noblewoman Seianti; Eritha and Karpathia, Bronze Age priestesses from the Aegean; a Pompeiian prostitute called Eutychis; the pagan philosopher Hypatia and the Christian saint Perpetua, from North Africa, as well as women from smaller communities. Middleton uses a wide range of archaeological and historical evidence, including burials and funerary practices, graffiti, inscriptions and painted pottery, handprints, human remains and a variety of historical texts, as well as the latest modern research. His volume weaves together the stories of real women, placing them firmly in the spotlight of history. Engagingly written and up-to-date in its scholarship, Middleton's book offers new insights for students and researchers in Ancient History, Archaeology and Mediterranean Studies, as well as in Women's History"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Approaching women in prehistory and history

Part I. The deep past

Women in caves

A woman of Ç̦atalhöyük

A woman of Gozo

Part II. The Bronze Age

Merneith

Šimatum and Kirum

The woman of La Almoloya

The priestess of Anemospilia

Hatshepsut

Puduhepa

Eritha and Karpathia

Hatiba

Part II. The Iron Age

Naunakhte

Herse

Pkpupes

Atossa

The Princess of Vix

Aristonice

Neaira

Phanostrate

Part IV. The Hellenistic worlds

Olympias

Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa

Terentia

Mariamne

Part V. The Age of Empire

Cleopatra Selene

Eutychis

Achillia and Amazon

Perpetua

Zenobia

Hypatia

Theodora.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Middleton, Guy D., 1976- Women in the ancient Mediterranean world

ISBN:

9781108481137

1108481132

9781108703833

1108703836

OCLC:

1348643621

Publisher Number:

99993468787