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Ancient literacy /

How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Most historians who have considered the problem at all have given optimistic assessments, since they have been impressed by large bodies of an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, William V. (William Vernon)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Edición:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • PART ONE Introduction
  • 1 Levels of Greek and Roman Literacy
  • 2 The Functions of Literacy in the Graeco-Roman World
  • PART TWO The Literacy and Illiteracy of the Greeks
  • 3 The Spread of Literacy in Archaic Times
  • 4 The Classical Growth of Literacy and Its Limits
  • 5 The Hellenistic State and Elementary Education
  • PART THREE Literacy and Illiteracy in the Roman World
  • 6 Archaic Italy and the Middle Republic
  • 7 The Late Republic and the High Empire, 100 B.C.â€?250 A.D.
  • 8 Literacy in Late Antiquity
  • ConclusionBibliography
  • Index