Reconceiving the House of the Father: Royal Women at Ugarit
| Author | : Christine Neal Thomas |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2014 |
| ISBN-10 | : OCLC:882197262 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Reconceiving the House of the Father: Royal Women at Ugarit by : Christine Neal Thomas
Download or read book Reconceiving the House of the Father: Royal Women at Ugarit written by Christine Neal Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every father is the son of a mother. While this would appear to be a commonplace, studies of patrimonialism as a political system in the ancient Near East have rarely considered its implications. Royal women, as objects of exchange and as agents of political action, played a central role in negotiations between Late Bronze Age states and in dynastic struggles within these states. The relative positions of royal men were shaped by their relationships to royal women.
