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Children in the Roman Empire

Outsiders Within

By: Christian Laes

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Children in the Roman Empire

Outsiders Within

By: Christian Laes

This book illuminates the lives of the 'forgotten' children of ancient Rome and draws parallels and contrasts with contemporary society.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521897467

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9780521897464

Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

By: Christian Laes,Johan Strubbe

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Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

By: Christian Laes,Johan Strubbe

Modern society has a negative view of youth as a period of storm and stress, but at the same time cherishes the idea of eternal youth. How does this compare with ancient Roman society? Did a phase of youth exist there with its own characteristics? How was youth appreciated? This book studies the lives and the image of youngsters (around 15–25 years of age) in the Latin West and the Greek East in the Roman period. Boys and girls of all social classes come to the fore; their lives, public and private, are sketched with the help of a range of textual and documentary sources, while the authors also employ the results of recent neuropsychological research. The result is a highly readable and wide-ranging account of how the crucial transition between childhood and adulthood operated in the Roman world.

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279

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Cambridge University Press

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1139868101

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9781139868105

Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World

A Social and Cultural History

By: Christian Laes

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Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World

A Social and Cultural History

By: Christian Laes

Almost fifteen per cent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate their needs. But what was the situation in the Roman world? Was there a concept of disability? How were the disabled treated? How did they manage in their daily lives? What answers did medical doctors, philosophers and patristic writers give for their problems? This book, the first monograph on the subject in English, explores the medical and material contexts for disability in the ancient world, and discusses the chances of survival for those who were born with a handicap. It covers the various sorts of disability: mental problems, blindness, deafness and deaf-muteness, speech impairment and mobility impairment, and includes discussions of famous instances of disability from the ancient world, such as the madness of Emperor Caligula, the stuttering of Emperor Claudius and the blindness of Homer.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316730093

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9781316730096

Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

By: Christian Laes,Johan Strubbe

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Youth in the Roman Empire

The Young and the Restless Years?

By: Christian Laes,Johan Strubbe

Historians of antiquity and others interested in youth, adolescence or family life in the past have debated whether youth in the Roman Empire differed from that of our time. This book examines the lives of Roman boys and girls and explores the possible existence of a separate youth culture.

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1107048885

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9781107048881

Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World

A Social and Cultural History

By: Christian Laes

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Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World

A Social and Cultural History

By: Christian Laes

Almost fifteen per cent of the world's population today experiences some form of mental or physical disability and society tries to accommodate their needs. But what was the situation in the Roman world? Was there a concept of disability? How were the disabled treated? How did they manage in their daily lives? What answers did medical doctors, philosophers and patristic writers give for their problems? This, the first monograph on the subject in English, explores the medical and material contexts for disability in the ancient world, and discusses the chances of survival for those who were born with a handicap. It covers the various sorts of disability: mental problems, blindness, deafness and deaf-muteness, speech impairment and mobility impairment, and includes discussions of famous instances of disability from the ancient world, such as the madness of Emperor Caligula, the stuttering of Emperor Claudius and the blindness of Homer.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316732029

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Children in the Roman Empire

Outsiders Within

By: Christian Laes

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Children in the Roman Empire

Outsiders Within

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This book illuminates the lives of the 'forgotten' children of ancient Rome and draws parallels and contrasts with contemporary society.

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Glossary of NAFTA Terms

By: Christian D. de Fouloy

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Glossary of NAFTA Terms

By: Christian D. de Fouloy

The final text of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by the Heads of the three member states (United States, Canada and Mexico) on December 17, 1992. After ratification by the U.S. Congress, the agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. The Glossary of NAFTA Terms elucidates and clarifies a large number of commonly used acronyms, abbreviations and terms found in the trade pact, a 2,000 page document together with side agreements on environmental and labor rules. Because of the hemispheric implications of the agreement, reference is made to all trade agreements, common markets, free trade arrangements prevailing today in the Caribbean, Central America and throughout South America. The Glossary of NAFTA Terms is an indispensable reference work for diplomats, journalists, international and national civil servants, businessmen, researchers and students that take a deep interest not only in the North American region, but indeed in the future growth of the entire Western hemisphere.

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147

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BRILL

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9004636587

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9789004636583

Dawn of the Golden Age

Northern Netherlandish Art, 1580-1620

By: Wouter T. Kloek,Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Pays-Bas).,Rijksmuseum (Netherlands),J. Bruyn,Hessel Miedema,Christian Schuckman

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Dawn of the Golden Age

Northern Netherlandish Art, 1580-1620

By: Wouter T. Kloek,Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Pays-Bas).,Rijksmuseum (Netherlands),J. Bruyn,Hessel Miedema,Christian Schuckman

Designed as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in 1994, this offers a survey of the paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and applied art produced 1580-1620. The book contains five essays followed by a catalogue which reproduces work from the era along with data on the artists.

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732

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Yale University Press

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0300060165

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Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth

By: Christian Laes

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Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth

By: Christian Laes

Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth takes its readers to stories, in versions known and often unknown. Disabilities and diseases are dealt with from head to toe: from mental disorder, over impairment of vision, hearing and speaking, to mobility problems and wider issues that pertain to the whole body. This Element places the stories in context, with due attention to close reading, and pays careful attention to concepts and terminology regarding disability. It sets Graeco-Roman mythology in the wider context of the ancient world, including Christianity. One of the focuses is the people behind the stories and their 'lived' religion. It also encourages its readers to 'live' their ancient mythology.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009335553

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Grumentum

The Epigraphical Landscape of a Roman Town in Lucania

By: Alfredo Buonopane,Christian Laes

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Grumentum

The Epigraphical Landscape of a Roman Town in Lucania

By: Alfredo Buonopane,Christian Laes

About 130 Latin inscriptions shine a fascinating light on the medium-sized Roman town of Grumentum in ancient Lucania. Most of these stones have hardly been studied since the end of the 19th century. They now for the first time appear in a scholarly edition with revised Latin text, illustration, apparatus criticus, translation and extensive commentary. Both the introduction and the edition illustrate the richness of the material: archaeology, politics, institutions, the Roman army, economy, religion, family and life course, and Christianity are dealt with. The use learned scholars made of the inscriptions opens a window to Italian intellectual history from the Renaissance on. Written and presented in an accessible way, this volume avoids the pitfalls of highly technical epigraphical editions, and opens the field to archaeologists, (ancient) historians and a more general audience with an interest for Roman sites in general, and this hidden gem in Basilicata in particular.

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2503589995

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9782503589992

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Children in the Roman Empire

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