From Good Goddess to vestal virgins : sex and category in Roman religion /

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The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. On the one hand they enjoyed social, material and financial independence and on the other hand they were denied basic constitutional rights. Roman history is not short of powerful female figures, such as Agrippina and Livia, yet t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Staples, Ariadne, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Subjects:
Women and religion > Rome.
Women > Rome.
Religion.
Sex > Religious aspects.
Religion
Women > history
Religion and Sex
Femmes et religion > Rome.
Femmes > Rome.
Religion romaine.
Sexualité > Aspect religieux.
religion (discipline)
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
Manners and customs.
Women.
Women and religion.
Vrouwen.
Godsdienst.
Romeinse oudheid.
Religiao da antiguidade.
Historia antiga > roma (costume e cotidiano)
Historia antiga > roma (religiao, mitologia)
Rome > Religion.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome > Mœurs et coutumes.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Moeurs et coutumes.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The cult of Bona Dea
  • Part II. The cults of Ceres and Flora
  • Part III. Venus' role in Roman religion
  • Part IV. The vestals and Rome.

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