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Not wholly free : the concept of manumission and the status of manumitted slaves in the ancient Greek world /

Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Zelnick-Abramovitz, Rachel
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
Collection:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 266.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Slavery and Freedom: Definitions and Approaches; Chapter 2: Manumission: Diversity and Similarity; Chapter 3: Manumittors and Manumitted Slaves; Chapter 4: The Act of Manumission; Chapter 5: Laws and Legal Actions; Chapter 6: The Reality of Freedom; Conclusions; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; General Index.