The Roman wedding : ritual and meaning in antiquity / Karen K. Hersch.
2010
GT2752.R65 H47 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The Roman wedding : ritual and meaning in antiquity / Karen K. Hersch.
Author
ISBN
9780521124270 (pbk.)
0521124271 (pbk.)
9780521196109
0521196108
0521124271 (pbk.)
9780521196109
0521196108
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
GT2752.R65 H47 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
392.50937
Summary
"This is the first book-length examination of Roman wedding ritual"--Provided by publisher.
"The wedding ritual of the ancient Romans provides a crucial key to understanding their remarkable civilization. The intriguing ceremony represented the starting point of a Roman family as well as a Roman girl's transition to womanhood. This is the first book-length examination of Roman wedding ritual. Drawing on literary, legal, historical, antiquarian, and artistic evidence of Roman nuptials from the end of the Republic through the early Empire (from ca. 200 BC to 200 AD), Karen Hersch shows how the Roman wedding expressed the ideals and norms of an ancient people. Her book is an invaluable tool for Roman social historians interested in how ideas of gender, law, religion, and tradition are interwoven into the wedding ceremony of every culture"--Provided by publisher.
"The wedding ritual of the ancient Romans provides a crucial key to understanding their remarkable civilization. The intriguing ceremony represented the starting point of a Roman family as well as a Roman girl's transition to womanhood. This is the first book-length examination of Roman wedding ritual. Drawing on literary, legal, historical, antiquarian, and artistic evidence of Roman nuptials from the end of the Republic through the early Empire (from ca. 200 BC to 200 AD), Karen Hersch shows how the Roman wedding expressed the ideals and norms of an ancient people. Her book is an invaluable tool for Roman social historians interested in how ideas of gender, law, religion, and tradition are interwoven into the wedding ceremony of every culture"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The laws of humans and gods
At the house of the bride
To the groom's house
Gods of the Roman wedding
Conclusion.
At the house of the bride
To the groom's house
Gods of the Roman wedding
Conclusion.