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Youth in the Roman empire : the young and the restless years? /
Examines the lives of Roman boys and girls and explores the possible existence of a separate youth culture.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title page; Dedication; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Non-Literary sources; Literary works; Chapter 1 Questioning the concept of youth; 1.1 A problem of definition; 1.2 Mead in Samoa; 1.3 Ariès, Shorter, and Stone: in search of change in history; 1.4 Philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists on the invention of youth; 1.5 Ancient history and the controversy over youth: Eyben versus Pleket and Kleijwegt; 1.6 New challenges for ancient historians.
- Chapter 2 Minority, majority: youth, divisions of the human life cycle, and Roman law2.1 Youth and the division of the life cycle; 2.2 Roman law; 2.3 Ages in practice; Chapter 3 Terminology and characteristics of youth; 3.1 Terminology; 3.2 Characteristics of youths and adolescents; Chapter 4 Rites of passage; 4.1 In the Greek East; 4.2 In Rome and the Latin West; Chapter 5 Youth and ancient medicine; 5.1 Medical observations concerning young people: similarities and differences; 5.2 Sickness in teenagers: some examples; 5.3 Excursus: Aristotle on puberty.
- Chapter 6 Youth and education: the rhetor and 'university'6.1 The schooling system in the Roman Empire; 6.2 Higher education in the Greek East; 6.3 Higher education in Rome and the Latin West; 6.4 Instruction provided by the rhetor; 6.5 Students' lives at 'university'; 6.6 The instruction of girls; 6.7 Excursus: Ovid's education; Chapter 7 Associations of adolescent youths; 7.1 Greek ephebes; 7.2 Excursus: the honorary decree for Menas of Sestus; 7.3 Roman iuvenes; 7.4 Concluding remarks; Chapter 8 Youthful behaviour; 8.1 'Restlessness'; 8.2 Conflict; 8.3 Excursus: letter of Marcus Cicero Jr.
- Chapter 9 Youths in public office9.1 Youths in central government: senators and equestrians; 9.2 Youths in municipal office; In the Greek East; In the Latin West; 9.3 Concluding remarks; Chapter 10 Occupational training; 10.1 Physicians and jurists in East and West; In the Greek East; In the Latin West; 10.2 Other occupations; 10.3 Excursus: the schooling of the physician Galen; Chapter 11 Marriage; 11.1 Roman marriage as an institution; 11.2 Age at first marriage; 11.3 Wedding ceremonies; In the Latin West; In the Greek East; 11.4 What did it mean to contract a marriage?
- 11.5 Marriage as the end of youth for boys?11.6 Girls and marriage: a history of submission?; Chapter 12 Youth and Christianity: continuity or change?; 12.1 Early Christians: a young church?; 12.2 Young office-holders within the church; 12.3 Young people and sexuality; 12.4 Excursus: a real-life case of early Christian youth: the Vita Severi; Chapter 13 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.