Classical Studies 3350F/G- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 37 pages long!)
16 Feb 2018
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C l a s s i c a l s t u d i e s 3 3 5 0 f / g. It generally comes as an incidental comment in the world of men: no extended narrative on gender, there is nothing from antiquity that is solely focused on women. Images of women: focusing on a single person and tracing them throughout their whole life. It was medieval monks that determined what was worth saving and what was useless. If women did author works, most of them would not have been preserved by the male monks. It is a depiction done in a particular way: does not depict reality, all primary sources have problems, secondary sources. They offer relief from warfare, legislation, and the history of ideas, and they enrich the central theme of social history, if and when enough evidence is available. Ladies of rank under the first imperial dynasty are a seductive topic.
