‘Home’ is a powerful idea throughout antiquity, from
Odysseus’ epic journey to recover his own home, nostalgically
longed-for through his long absence, to the implanting of
Christianity in the domestic sphere in late antiquity. We can
recognise the idea even if there is no word for it that quite
corresponds to our own: the Greek oikos and the Latin domus mean
both house and family, the essential components of home. To attempt
a history of ‘the home’ in antiquity means bringing together
two separate, if closely related, fields of study. On the one hand,
study of the family, both in the legal frameworks that define it as
institution and the literary representations of it in daily life;
on the other, archaeological study of the domestic setting, within
which such relationships are played out. Ranging across a period of
over a millennium, this collection looks at the home as a force of
integration: of the worlds of family and of the outsider in
hospitality; of the worlds of leisure and work; of the worlds of
public and private life; of the world of practical structures and
furnishings and the world of religion.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Cultural Histories Series |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Editors: |
Joanne Berry
• Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 169mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
232 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-41222-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-350-41222-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781350412224 |
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