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    Title
    The Roman Wedding
    Subtitle
    Ritual and Meaning in Antiquity
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Karen K. Hersch
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 256
    Width: 152 mm
    Height: 228 mm
    Thickness: 21 mm
    Weight: 600 g
    Audience
    Professional and scholarly
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780521196109
    ISBN 10: 0521196108
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: SOC005000
    BISAC category code: HIS002020
    BISAC category code: HIS054000
    BIC subject category: HBTB
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1QDAR
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.1
    BISAC category code: HIS002000
    BICMainSubject: HBLA
    Edition
    1
    Illustrations note
    9 b/w illus.
    Publisher
    CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint name
    CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Publication date
    24 May 2010
    Publication City/Country
    Cambridge/GB
    Main description
    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 AD 200), 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.
    Review quote
    "...very high quality text... . All interested in Roman daily life, from student to scholar, will benefit from this excellent book." --BMCR
    Biographical note
    Karen Hersch is Assistant Professor of Classics at Temple University in Philadelphia.
    Description for bookstore
    Drawing on literary, legal, historical, antiquarian, and artistic evidence of Roman nuptials from the end of the Republic through the early Empire, Karen Hersch shows how the Roman wedding expressed the ideals and norms of an ancient people in the first full length study of the subject.
    Description for library
    Drawing on literary, legal, historical, antiquarian, and artistic evidence of Roman nuptials from the end of the Republic through the early Empire, Karen Hersch shows how the Roman wedding expressed the ideals and norms of an ancient people in the first full length study of the subject.
    Table of contents
    Introduction; 1. The laws of humans and gods; 2. At the house of the bride; 3. To the groom's house; 4. Gods of the Roman wedding; Conclusion.