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Online-Ressource (276 p)
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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781107011137
Inhalt:
Examines the role of the family in the Roman province of Egypt drawing on a wide range of sources
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Map; Chapter 1 Intergenerational solidarity and family support networks in cross-cultural perspective; 1.1 The graying of the Western world and intergenerational solidarity; 1.2 Intergenerational solidarity in the ancient world; 1.3 Definitions; 1.4 Sources; 1.5 The Roman Egyptian census; 1.6 Overview of the chapters; Chapter 2 Household structures, marriage patterns, and inheritance strategies; 2.1 Regional diversity of historic household forms; 2.2 Definition of the household; 2.3 Household forms in antiquity; 2.4 Household structures from inscriptions
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2.5 Household structures from census returns2.6 Physical layout of the house in Roman Egypt; 2.7 Demographic regime and household formation; 2.8 Household life cycles; 2.9 Marriage patterns in Roman Egypt; 2.10 Landholding and inheritance patterns; 2.11 Reasons for and timing of fission of multiple family households; Chapter 3 Balancing benefits and obligations Parental love and filial piety over the life course; 3.1 Fertility in Roman Egypt; 3.2 Downward or upward wealth flows?; 3.3 Parents and children in Roman Egypt; 3.4 Balancing benefits and obligations: parents; Parental love
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Household composition and childrenAdoption contracts as a source for intergenerational obligations; Education and training for a craft; Divorce and child maintenance support; Governmental help for poor parents; 3.5 Balancing benefits and obligations: children; Filial piety; Repayment of education; Post-mortem obligations; Limits of filial obligations; Chapter 4 Widowhood, remarriage, and residence patterns; 4.1 The chaste widow in cross-cultural perspective; 4.2 Widowhood and remarriage in Graeco-Roman society; 4.3 Widowhood and remarriage in Roman Egypt; 4.4 Remarriage in the census returns
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Chapter 5 Growing old in the household5.1 The household as main provider of care and support in cross-cultural perspective; 5.2 Household and old age in Roman Egypt; 5.3 The elderly in simple and extended family households; 5.4 The elderly in multiple family households; 5.5 Solitary residence of the elderly; 5.6 Widowers and widows and marriage propensity of children; 5.7 Contact with children living far away; 5.8 Authority, retirement and household hierarchies; 5.9 Female heads of household; 5.10 Property transmission during lifetime; 5.11 Retirement contracts; 5.12 Conclusions
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Chapter 6 The patriarchal household and the incoming daughter-in-law6.1 The "mother-in-law belt"; 6.2 The daughter-in-law in Roman Egypt; 6.3 Sisters-in-law; 6.4 Tensions between husband and wife; 6.5 The daughter-in-law and care in old age; 6.6 Consanguineous marriages; Chapter 7 Childless old age The worst of all fates?; 7.1 Growing old without children; 7.2 Reasons for childlessness; 7.3 De facto childlessness; 7.4 The living situation of the childless elderly; 7.5 Emotional consequences of childlessness; 7.6 Alternatives to care by children: the spouse as principal source of assistance
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7.7 Support by other kin in the household
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ISBN 9781107247475
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ISBN 9781107011137
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Family in Roman Egypt : A Comparative Approach to Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict
Sprache:
Englisch
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