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Beschreibung
Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher brings to life Hypatia's intellectual and political triumphs, uncovers the unique challenges she faced as a female teacher in a man's world, details the tragic story of her murder, and shows why her story has fascinated people for 1600 years.
Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher brings to life Hypatia's intellectual and political triumphs, uncovers the unique challenges she faced as a female teacher in a man's world, details the tragic story of her murder, and shows why her story has fascinated people for 1600 years.
Über den Autor
The Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Chair and Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego, Edward Watts studies the intellectual and religious history of the later Roman and early Byzantine Empires. He is the author of three prize-winning books and the editor of three edited volumes. This is his first of two upcoming works for OUP.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Table of Contents

  • List of figures

  • Introduction: A Lenten Murder

  • Chapter 1: Alexandria

  • Chapter 2: Childhood and Education

  • Chapter 3: The School of Hypatia

  • Chapter 4: Middle Age

  • Chapter 5: A Philosophical Mother and her Children

  • Chapter 6: The Public Intellectual

  • Chapter 7: Hypatia's Sisters

  • Chapter 8: Murder in the Street

  • Chapter 9: The Memory of Hypatia

  • Chapter 10: A Modern Symbol

  • Reconsidering A Legend

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190073701
ISBN-10: 0190073705
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Watts
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Watts
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.11.2019
Gewicht: 0,339 kg
Artikel-ID: 116800908