Women's religious activity in the Roman Republic /

Women's religious activity in the Roman Republic /

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Author / Creator:Schultz, Celia E.
Imprint:Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
Subject:
Women -- Religious life -- Rome.
Women and religion -- Rome.
Women and religion.
Women -- Religious life.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11150998
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ISBN:9780807877258
0807877255
9781429453912
1429453915
0807830186
9780807830185
0807830186
9780807830185
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more--and more important--religious opportunities available to Roman women than are commonly considered. Her study of ancient literature, inscriptions, and archaeological remains from the fifth to the first century B.C.E. shows that women honored gods unaffiliated with domestic matters, including Hercules and Jupiter; they took part in commercial, military, and political rites; they often worshipped alongside men; and they were not confined to the private sphere, the traditional domain of wo.
Other form:Print version: Schultz, Celia E. Women's religious activity in the Roman Republic. Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006 0807830186 9780807830185
Standard no.:9780807830185

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