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The family in Roman Egypt : a comparative approach to intergenerational solidarity and conflict /

"This study captures the dynamics of the everyday family life of the common people in Roman Egypt, a social strata that constituted the vast majority of any pre-modern society but rarely figures in ancient sources or in modern scholarship. The documentary papyri and, above all, the private lett...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huebner, Sabine R., 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Intergenerational solidarity and family support networks in cross-cultural perspective
  • 2. Household structures, marriage patterns and inheritance strategies
  • 3. Balancing benefits and obligations: parental love and filiat pietry over the life course
  • 4. Widowhood, remarriage and residence patterns
  • 5. Growing old in the household
  • 6. The patriarchal household and the incoming daughter-in-law
  • 7. Childless old age: the worst of all fates?
  • 8. Conclusions.